Consumer Expenditures and Inequality: An Analysis Based on Decomposition of the Gini Coefficient

1993 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thesia I. Garner
Keyword(s):  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
The Gini Coefficient ◽  
Consumer Expenditures

scholarly journals Why We Should Use the Gini Coefficient to Assess Punctuated Equilibrium Theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Constantin Kaplaner ◽  
Yves Steinebach
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Punctuated Equilibrium ◽  
Equilibrium Theory ◽  
Punctuated Equilibrium Theory ◽  
The Gini Coefficient ◽  
Precise Measure

Abstract Punctuated Equilibrium Theory posits that policy-making is generally characterized by long periods of stability that are interrupted by short periods of fundamental policy change. The literature converged on the measure of kurtosis and L-kurtosis to assess these change patterns. In this letter, we critically discuss these measures and propose the Gini coefficient as a (1) comparable, but (2) more intuitive, and (3) more precise measure of “punctuated” change patterns.

A simple way to calculate the Gini coefficient, and some implications

1997 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Branko Milanovic
Keyword(s):  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
The Gini Coefficient

The Gini coefficient: Majority voting and social welfare

2014 ◽  
Vol 152 ◽  
pp. 214-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Gabriel Rodríguez ◽  
Rafael Salas
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Majority Voting ◽  
The Gini Coefficient

Equitable service by a facility: Minimizing the Gini coefficient

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 3240-3246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tammy Drezner ◽  
Zvi Drezner ◽  
Jeffery Guyse
Keyword(s):  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
The Gini Coefficient

Sufficientarianism and the Measurement of Inequality

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-173
Author(s):  
Rudolf Schuessler
Keyword(s):  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Income Level ◽  
The Gini Coefficient ◽  
Theories Of Justice ◽  
Measurement Of Inequality

Abstract What impact should sufficientarianism have on the measurement of inequality? Like other theories of justice, sufficientarianism influences how economic inequality is conceived. For the purpose of measurement, its standards of justice can be approximated by income-based thresholds of sufficiency. At which income level could a threshold of having enough be pegged in OECD countries? What would it imply for standard indicators of inequality, such as decile comparisons of cumulated income, income spreads, or the Gini coefficient? This paper suggests some answers to these questions, showing that sufficientarian ideas could make a difference with respect to the measurement of inequality in a society.

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