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An Elementary Interpretation of the Gini Inequality Index |
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| Authors: | Subramanian S. |
| Affiliation: | (1) Madras Institute of Development Studies, 79, Second Main Road, Gandhinagar, Adyar, Chennai, 600 020 Tamilnadu, India |
| Abstract: | This note presents a very simple way of interpreting the Gini coefficient of inequality, in `equivalent' welfare terms, as the proportion of a cake of given size going to the poorer of two individuals in a two-person cake-sharing problem. |
| Keywords: | Gini inequality index Borda social welfare function Equally distributed equivalent income Dichotomously allocated equivalent distribution Cake-sharing problem Lorenz curve Real national income `Rawlsian' rule |
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