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Seoul Journal of Economics
Seoul Journal of Economics vol.13(4) (Winter 2000)
A New Interpretation and Derivation of the Gini Coefficient
- Authors
- Cheong, KwangSoo
- Issue Date
- 2000-10
- Citation
- Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol.13 No.4, pp. 391-406
- Keywords
- income inequality; Gini Coefficient; Lorenz curve
- Abstract
- We show that the Gini coefficient is a simple linear transformation of the center of gravity of income distribution. The new derivation and inequality decomposition methods are applied to income data for Korea in order to analyze the distributional impact of the recent economic crisis. We also discuss the potential benefits of using additional higher moments of the relative income rankings.
- ISSN
- 1225-0279
- Language
- English
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