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Individual Diversity and the Gini Decomposition
DECOMPOSABLE INCOME INEQUALITY MEASURES DECOMPOSABLE INEQUALITY MEASURES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC STUDIES GII GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GROUP INEQUALITY GROUP MEANS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME SOURCE INDEXES INDIVIDUAL INCOMES INDIVIDUAL VALUES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY VALUES MEAN INCOME MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEDIAN INCOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION SIZE POPULATION SUBGROUP POPULATION SUBGROUPS POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRESS PUBLIC AFFAIRS RELATIVE INCOME RELATIVE INCOME DISTRIBUTION RELATIVE INCOMES SOCIAL SCIENCES
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World Bank, Washington, DC
Middle East and North Africa
2014-03-18T20:49:10Z | 2014-03-18T20:49:10Z | 2014-01
The paper defines the Gini index as the sum of individual contributions where individual contributions are interpreted as the degree of diversity of each individual from all other members of society. Among various possible forms of individual contributions to the Gini found in the literature, the paper shows that only one form satisfies a set of desirable properties. This form can be used for decomposing the Gini into population subgroups. An empirical illustration shows the use of this approach.
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