The Gini Methodology A Primer on a Statistical Methodology /

• Main Authors: Yitzhaki, Shlomo (Author), Schechtman, Edna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Series in Statistics, 272
• Subjects: Statistics.; Econometrics.; Macroeconomics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Statistics, general.; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

Gini's mean difference (GMD) was first introduced by Corrado Gini in 1912 as an alternative measure of variability. GMD and the parameters which are derived from it (such as the Gini coefficient or the concentration ratio) have been in use in the area of income distribution for almost a century...