A note on the relationship between top income shares and the Gini coefficient

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Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo
Año de publicación
2011
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When a very top group of the income distribution, infinitesimal in numbers, owns a finite share S of total income, the Gini coefficient G can be approximated by G⁎(1 − S)+S, where G⁎ is the Gini coefficient for the rest of the population. We provide a simple formal proof for this expression, give a general formula of the relationship when the top group is not infinitesimal, and offer two applications as illustrations.
Fil: Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Instituto "Torcuato Di Tella"; Argentina. University of Oxford; Reino Unido. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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GINI COEFFICIENT
PARETO DISTRIBUTION
TOP INCOME SHARES
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A note on the relationship between top income shares and the Gini coefficient
title A note on the relationship between top income shares and the Gini coefficient
spellingShingle A note on the relationship between top income shares and the Gini coefficient
Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo
GINI COEFFICIENT
PARETO DISTRIBUTION
TOP INCOME SHARES
title_short A note on the relationship between top income shares and the Gini coefficient
title_full A note on the relationship between top income shares and the Gini coefficient
title_fullStr A note on the relationship between top income shares and the Gini coefficient
title_full_unstemmed A note on the relationship between top income shares and the Gini coefficient
title_sort A note on the relationship between top income shares and the Gini coefficient
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo
author Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo
author_facet Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv GINI COEFFICIENT
PARETO DISTRIBUTION
TOP INCOME SHARES
topic GINI COEFFICIENT
PARETO DISTRIBUTION
TOP INCOME SHARES
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv When a very top group of the income distribution, infinitesimal in numbers, owns a finite share S of total income, the Gini coefficient G can be approximated by G⁎(1 − S)+S, where G⁎ is the Gini coefficient for the rest of the population. We provide a simple formal proof for this expression, give a general formula of the relationship when the top group is not infinitesimal, and offer two applications as illustrations.
Fil: Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Instituto "Torcuato Di Tella"; Argentina. University of Oxford; Reino Unido. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description When a very top group of the income distribution, infinitesimal in numbers, owns a finite share S of total income, the Gini coefficient G can be approximated by G⁎(1 − S)+S, where G⁎ is the Gini coefficient for the rest of the population. We provide a simple formal proof for this expression, give a general formula of the relationship when the top group is not infinitesimal, and offer two applications as illustrations.
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Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo; A note on the relationship between top income shares and the Gini coefficient; North-holland; Economics Letters; 110; 3; 3-2011; 274-277
0165-1765
1873-7374
CONICET Digital
CONICET
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/192542
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