Ethically flexible Gini indices for income distributions in the continuum

DOI10.1016/0022-0531(83)90053-4zbMath0519.90028OpenAlexW1993752313MaRDI QIDQ1054632

David Donaldson, John A. Weymark

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0531(83)90053-4

zbMATH Keywords

flexible Gini indexS-Ginisocial-evaluation function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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Cites Work

• A single-parameter generalization of the Gini indices of inequality
• Measures of relative equality and their meaning in terms of social welfare
• On an Extension of the Gini Inequality Index
• On a Class of Poverty Measures

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