Linking Gini to Entropy : Measuring Inequality by an interpersonal class of indices.

The aim of this paper is to propose a new class of inequality indices. It is a generalisation of Gini coefficient based on his interpersonal expression. We inter into axiomatic properties of our indices and we show that they are relative, regular indices which, in particular, satisfy the Pigou-Dalton transfer principle.

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Year of publication:	2006-01-17
Authors:	Nembua, Célestin Chameni
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 4.2006, 5, p. 1-9
Publisher:	AccessEcon

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	D0 - Microeconomics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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