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Quadratic Pen'S Parade And The Computation Of The Gini Index

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  • STÉPHANE MUSSARD
  • J. SADEFO KAMDEM
  • FRANÇOISE SEYTE
  • MICHEL TERRAZA

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Following Milanovic's (1997) paper [Economics Letters, vol. 56, p. 45-49], we propose a simple way to compute the Gini index when income y is a quadratic function of its rank among n individuals.
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  • Stéphane Mussard & J. Sadefo Kamdem & Françoise Seyte & Michel Terraza, 2011. "Quadratic Pen'S Parade And The Computation Of The Gini Index," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 57(3), pages 583-587, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:57:y:2011:i:3:p:583-587
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    1. Shao-Hsun Keng & Peter F. Orazem, 2019. "Performance pay, the marriage market and rising income inequality in Taiwan," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 969-992, September.
    2. Sadefo Kamdem, Jules, 2012. "A nice estimation of Gini index and power Pen's parade," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 29(4), pages 1299-1304.

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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General

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