Search Results - subject:"Gini's coefficient"

Why reducing relative deprivation but not reducing income inequality might bring down COVID-19 infections

Stark, Oded - 2022

We examine an assumed link between reducing inequality in income distribution, namely reducing the Gini coefficient on … other hand. The Gini coefficient can be shown to consist of two components, one of which is (a measure of) relative … of inequality in the income distribution by means of reducing the Gini coefficient does not necessarily result in …

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It is expensive being young and poor or being old and in the middle class

Scharrer, Christian - 2022

This paper studies the age-group-specific evolution of inequality of total income among highly and less educated females and males at ages 26-80 from 2005 to 2018. On the one hand, it presents time series of Gini coefficients and associated decompositions by different income components. On the...

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Climate change, poverty and income inequality linkage : empirical evidence from Nigeria

Ogbeide-Osaretin, Evelyn Nwamaka; Orhewere, Bright; … - In: International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy : IJEEP 12 (2022) 5, pp. 332-341

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The effect of capital account liberalization on income inequality, focusing on South Asia

Hossain, Ridwan Mosharraf; Sakib-Bin-Amin - In: International journal of economics and financial issues … 12 (2022) 3, pp. 121-132

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Measurement of tax progressivity in Pakistan based on macro data

Nazuk, Ayesha; Ahmad, Eatzaz - In: Pakistan journal of applied economics : PJAE 32 (2022) 2, pp. 95-119

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The merger of populations as a revision of comparison space: Repercussions for social stress and income inequality

Stark, Oded; Budziński, Wiktor - 2024

develop a procedure for calculating the aggregate social stress and the Gini coefficient of the merged population. We show … aggregate income-based social stress, and their mean income. This result carries over to the calculation of the Gini coefficient …

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The Gini Trade Index: What can we learn from a new trade indicator?

Cernat, Lucian - 2024

This Policy Brief introduces the Gini Trade Index (GTI) as a new trade synthetic key performance indicator capable of capturing the different distribution of trade values across firm characteristics and across countries. The new indicator replicates the well-known features of the traditional...

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The Merger of Populations as a Revision of Comparison Space: Repercussions for Social Stress and Income Inequality

Stark, Oded; Budzinski, Wiktor - 2024

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How Business Income Measures Affect Income Inequality and the Tax Burden

Aaberge, Rolf; Francesconi, Marco; Modalsli, Jørgen; … - 2024

income attributable to the top 1% of the distribution more than doubles and the Gini coefficient estimates increase by about …

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How Business Income Measures Affect Income Inequality and the Tax Burden

Aaberge, Rolf; Modalsli, Jorgen Heibo; Francesconi, Marco; … - 2024

income attributable to the top 1% of the distribution more than doubles and the Gini coefficient estimates increase by about …

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