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Further tricks with the Lorenz curve

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  • Sreenivasan Subramanian

    (Previously: Madras Institute of Development Studies, Currently: Independent Scholar)

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The present note is the third in a series that deals with simple manipulations of the Lorenz curve intended to cast light on this or that aspect of the measurement of inequality. In this note, a procedure is outlined for ‘adjusting' the Gini coefficient of inequality for the skewness of the Lorenz curve, and for similarly ‘adjusting' the so-called ‘Kolkata' index of inequality, as well as the Lorenz curve itself, in such a way that the inequality orderings of distributions induced by these adjusted measures and the adjusted Lorenz curve are equivalent.

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  • Sreenivasan Subramanian, 2019. "Further tricks with the Lorenz curve," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 39(3), pages 1677-1686.
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    1. Masato Okamoto, 2022. "Level-adjusted S-Gini index and its complementary index as a pair of sensitivity-adjustable inequality measures," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 42(1), pages 1-16.

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    Keywords

    Lorenz Curve; Pseudo-Lorenz Curve; Gini Coefficient; Kolkata Index; Skewness;
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    JEL classification:

    • D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution
    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics

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