On social inequality: analyzing the rich-poor disparity

DOI10.1016/j.physa.2014.01.033zbMath1402.91127OpenAlexW1967474275MaRDI QIDQ1782673

Morrel H. Cohen, Iddo I. Eliazar

Publication date: 20 September 2018

Published in: Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2014.01.033

zbMATH Keywords

Gini indexLorenz curvespower-lawsMedian indexpietra index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) History, political science (91F10) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Welfare economics (91B15)

Related Items (5)

Measuring social inequality with quantitative methodology: analytical estimates and empirical data analysis by Gini and \(k\) indices ⋮ A graph-based approach to inequality assessment ⋮ Beyond lognormal inequality: the Lorenz flow structure ⋮ Gini estimation under infinite variance ⋮ Harnessing inequality

Cites Work

• A statistical equilibrium model of competitive firms
• On the proper bounds of the Gini correlation
• The Pareto law of incomes - an explanation and an extension
• Econophysical anchoring of unimodal power-law distributions
• The Double Pareto-Lognormal Distribution—A New Parametric Model for Size Distributions
• The Graduation of Income Distributions
• Power-law distributions: Beyond Paretian fractality
• On 1/ f noise and other distributions with long tails
• Statistical Size Distributions in Economics and Actuarial Sciences

This page was built for publication: On social inequality: analyzing the rich-poor disparity