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Gini coefficient as a life table function: computation from discrete data, decomposition of differences and empirical examples

This paper presents a toolkit for measuring and analyzing inter-individual inequality in length of life by Gini coefficient. Gini coefficient and four other inequality measures are defined on the ...
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China publishes Gini coefficient's measurements

China has published the calculation methods of the Gini coefficient reflecting social wealth gap, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Friday. A new survey system was set up at the end ...
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Decomposition of Food Expenditure Inequality: An Application of the Extended Gini Coefficient to Greek Micro-Data

The principal purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of 16 food items on the overall food expenditure inequality in Greece using the raw data of Family Budget Surveys conducted during 1987/88 ...
中国日报网

Country's wealth divide past warning level

BEIJING - The Gini coefficient - a commonly used measure of inequality of wealth - has reached 0.47 in China, overtaking the recognized warning level of 0.4, government-affiliated experts have said.
Reuters

China lets Gini out of the bottle; wide wealth gap

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's statistics chief declared on Friday there was an urgent need for reforms to narrow the income gap between rich and poor, addressing head-on an issue that officialdom has ...