A note on Chakravarty's extended Gini index of income inequality

Authors

  • Sonja Michels University of Dortmund
  • Christina Ogon University of Dortmund
  • Walter Krämer Universität Dortmund

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-2201/1001

Abstract

We discuss a recent, supposedly transfer sensitive, extension of the Gini-index and show that it does not quite live up to its promises.

How to Cite

Michels, S., Ogon, C., & Krämer, W. (1994). A note on Chakravarty’s extended Gini index of income inequality. Statistica, 54(2), 151–154. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-2201/1001

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Vol. 54 No. 2 (1994)

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