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Gini coefficient as a life table function

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: 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 length-of-life distribution. Properties of these measure

Source: Demographic Research

DOI: 10.4054/demres.2003.8.11

Authors: Vladimir Shkolnikov, Evgeny M. Andreev, Alexander Begun

Institutions: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Helmut Schmidt University

Language: English

Topic: Income, Poverty, and Inequality

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Rockefeller Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W4237010044