Gini Index and Polynomial Pen's Parade

Jules Sadefo-Kamdem (1)

1 LAMETA - Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée

In this paper, we propose a simple way to compute the Gini index when income y is a finite order k polynomial function of its rank among n individuals.

Mots clés: Gini; Income inequality; Polynomial pen's parade; Ranks.; Ranks

Domaines: Finance quantitative [q-fin.CP]

Jules Sadefo-Kamdem. Gini Index and Polynomial Pen's Parade. 2011. ⟨hal-00582625⟩