An inequality paradox: relative versus absolute indices?

DOI10.1007/s40300-021-00206-9zbMath1483.62191OpenAlexW3153664403MaRDI QIDQ824975

Palash Sarkar, Satya R. Chakravarty

Publication date: 16 December 2021

Published in: Metron (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40300-021-00206-9

zbMATH Keywords

paradoxinequalitySimpson's paradoxGini indexBonferroni index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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