The Gini Coefficient: Its Origins
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- Simone Pellegrino, 2020. "The Gini Coefficient: Its Origins," Working papers 070, Department of Economics and Statistics (Dipartimento di Scienze Economico-Sociali e Matematico-Statistiche), University of Torino.
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Gini Coefficient; Lorenz Curve;JEL classification:
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