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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Gonzalez Alvaredo, Facundo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/192542
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/192542
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:GINI COEFFICIENT
PARETO DISTRIBUTION
TOP INCOME SHARES
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Sumario: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.