Analysis of inequality via social stratification
Purpose: To analyze the contribution that social stratification provides to inequality using the Gini index as an input.Methodology: The compatible differences tool was used to calculate the percentage of income provided by social strata using the Gini index; to verify the efficiency of the proposed...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Entreciencias: diálogos en la sociedad del conocimiento |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/76859 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/entreciencias/article/view/76859 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Social stratification Gini index Compatible differences Compositional data redistributive public policy. estratificación social Índice de Gini diferencias compatibles datos composicionales política redistributiva. |
| Sumario: | Purpose: To analyze the contribution that social stratification provides to inequality using the Gini index as an input.Methodology: The compatible differences tool was used to calculate the percentage of income provided by social strata using the Gini index; to verify the efficiency of the proposed methodology, real data from different countries were considered.Results: Since compositional data were obtained as results, it was possible to estimate and predict the proportion of the contributions of the strata to inequality, evidencing the importance of social stratification in the classes.Limitations: The measurement of inequality to construct the Gini index has different methodologies worldwide, which represented a difficulty in making comparisons.Findings: The methodology that we developed in this article allowed us to know the weight that different social strata contributes to inequality; this is especially important since it can be a tool that helps decision-makers to take more effective measures to counteract inequality. |
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