To construct the Gini coefficient, graph the cumulative percentage of households (from poor to rich) on the horizontal axis and the cumulative percentage of income (or expenditure) on the vertical ...

So we need to pick the best metric possible. For years, the number used to measure inequality has been the Gini coefficient. It’s not hard to see why, given its alluring simplicity: 0 denotes ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Demographic Research Vol. 8, JANUARY - JUNE 2003 Gini coefficient as a life table functio... This ...

The Gini index, or Gini coefficient, is a summary measure of income inequality representing how income distribution varies compared with an equal outcome. States with the lowest Gini index figures ...

The Gini coefficient--an index that measures income inequality on a scale ranging between 0 and 1--rose to 0.5700 based on initial income, or before distribution through taxation and social ...