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Individual Diversity and the Gini Decomposition / Ceriani, Lidia
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Ceriani, Lidia
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decomposition.
- Gini.
- Health Systems Development & Reform.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Inequality.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty Impact Evaluation.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Services & Transfers to Poor.
- Local Subjects:
- Decomposition.
- Gini.
- Health Systems Development & Reform.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Inequality.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty Impact Evaluation.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Services & Transfers to Poor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (19 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2014
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The paper defines the Gini index as the sum of individual contributions where individual contributions are interpreted as the degree of diversity of each individual from all other members of society. Among various possible forms of individual contributions to the Gini found in the literature, the paper shows that only one form satisfies a set of desirable properties. This form can be used for decomposing the Gini into population subgroups. An empirical illustration shows the use of this approach.
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