Deprivation, the Gini index of inequality and the flatness of an income distribution

Z. M. Berrebi; Jacques Silber

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Deprivation, the Gini index of inequality and the flatness of an income distribution

Z. M. Berrebi, Jacques Silber

Department of Economics

Bar-Ilan University

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Abstract

This paper shows that by dividing the population into two subgroups of equal size, called respectively the 'rich' and the 'poor' it is possible to derive from the Gini Index of Income Inequality a new measure of the sharpness (Kurtosis) of a Distribution. Illustrations of the computation of this Index for the uniform, normal, lognormal, Gamma and Pareto distributions are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	229-237
Number of pages	9
Journal	Mathematical Social Sciences
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(89)90032-2
State	Published - Dec 1989

Keywords

Deprivation
Gini Index
Inequality
Kurtosis

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