Title:

Decomposition of the Gini index in the presence of observations with negative values

Group publication title:

Mathematical Economics

Creator:

Ostasiewicz, Katarzyna ; Vernizzi, Achille

Subject and Keywords:

inequality ; Gini index ; negative inputs ; decomposition

Description:

Mathematical Economics, 2018, Nr 14 (21), s. 37-50

Abstrakt:

The problem of calculating the Gini index in the presence of negative inputs may be overcome by decomposing the quantity at stake into “positive” and “negative” parts, which, by definition, include only non-negative values. For such constructed sources, concentration indexes may be calculated and their influence on the overall inequality evaluated. In the paper we present the methodology of such an assessment and illustrate it with the example of Italian income data

Publisher:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

Place of publication:

Wrocław

Date:

2019

Resource Type:

artykuł

Resource Identifier:

doi:10.15611/me.2018.14.04

Language:

eng

Relation:

Mathematical Economics, 2018, Nr 14 (21)

Access Rights:

Dla wszystkich zgodnie z licencją

License:

CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 PL

Location:

Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu