On the Relationship between the Gini Coefficient and Income Elasticity
The area between the Lorenz curve of income and the concentration curve of expenditure on some item is often used as an overall weighted index of income elasticity minus one. This note shows that the area is in fact a linear transform of the deviation of elasticity from unity estimated at the mean o...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series B (1960-2002). - INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE, 1960. - 57(1995), 3, Seite 428-432 |
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| Sprache: | English |
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1995
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series B (1960-2002) |
| Schlagworte: | Engel elasticity Gini coefficient Lorenz curve Concentration curve Economics Political science |
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