The Gini coefficient is a fundamental statistical measure of dispersion used widely across multiple fields. The interest in the study of the properties of the Gini coefficient is highlighted by the fact that every year the World Bank ranks the level of income inequality between countries using it....
While the intent of the Body Positivity Movement started as a place of empowerment for plus size women, then moved on to celebrate all bodies despite race, gender, or ability, through social media, the current movement is so mainstream that it needs to be surenot to reinforce the very beaut...
The GINI coefficient is a measure of dispersion. If all faculty members in a program had the same publication level, the GINI coefficient for publications per faculty member would be equal to zero for that program. The greater the dispersion in publications per faculty member, the higher the GI...
The Gini Coefficient was introduced in 1921 by Italian statistician Corrado Gini as a measure of inequality. It is defined as twice the area between two curves. One, the Lorenz curve for a given population with respect to a given resource, represents the cumulative percentage of the resource ...
The paper proposes the Gini index as a measure of demand imbalances in public transport. We run a series of numerical simulations with randomised demand patterns, and derive the socially optimal fare, frequency and vehicle size variables in each case. We show that the Gini coefficient is a ...
The Gini coefficient is a measure of income distribution that ranges between 0 and 1, 0 indicating perfect income equality and 1 indicating maximal income inequality. In practice there are different ways of calculating income distribution, although the Gini coefficient is the most frequent approach. ...
The Gini coefficient is the most widely used measure of income inequality. Yet, estimates on its standard error are rarely published because the cost of computing it is prohibitively expensive. We present a method to compute the jackknife variance estimator of the Gini coefficient which is very ...
This paper introduces the Tog coefficient, which can be used to measure the level of inequality in a cross-tabulation of two ordinal-level variables. The Gini coefficient is a standard measure of income inequality which has been adapted by other authors for use in different contexts such as the...
where the estimated coefficient β represents intergenerational income elasticity, which measures the statistical correlation between parent income and child income, while 1-β can be used to measure intergenerational mobility. However, the logarithmic setting of intergenerational income elasticity makes the ...
Applying the Gini coefficient to income vs. wealth “Income” and “wealth” are not synonymous. For instance, it is possible to have quite a bit of wealth but little income, or, conversely, a high income with relatively little amassed wealth. As a measure of economic inequality, the Gini...