Browsing Statistics Norway's Open Research Repository (SNORRe) by Subject "Gini coefficient"
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Asymptotic distribution theory of empirical rank-dependent measures of inequality
(Discussion Papers;No. 402, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: A major aim of most income distribution studies is to make comparisons of income inequality across time for a given country and/or compare and rank different countries according to the level of income inequality. ... -
Axiomatic characterization of the Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve orderings
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2001)This paper is concerned with distributions of income and the ordering of related Lorenz curves. By introducing appropriate preference relations on the set of Lorenz curves, two alternative axiomatic characterizations of ... -
Baby booming inequality? Demographic change and earnings inequality in Norway, 1967–2000
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)In this paper, we demonstrate how age-adjusted inequality measures can be used to evaluate whether changes in inequality over time are due to changes in the age-structure. To this end, we use administrative data on earnings ... -
Decomposing Global Inequality
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-25)This paper provides an intuitive additive decomposition of the global income Gini coefficient with respect to differences within and between countries. In 2005, nearly half the total global income inequality is due to ... -
Decomposition of rank-dependent measures of inequality by subgroups
(Discussion Papers;No. 437, Working paper, 2005)The purpose of additive subgroup decomposition is to study the relationship between overall inequality and inequality within and between population subgroups defined by variables like gender, age, education and region ... -
Decomposition of rank-dependent measures of inequality by subgroups
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)Summary - The purpose of additive subgroup decomposition is to study the relationship between overall inequality and inequality within and between population subgroups defined by variables like gender, age, education and ... -
Decomposition of the gini coefficient by income components : various types of applications and interpretations
(Discussion Papers;No. 182, Working paper, 1996)This paper aims at clarifying the notion "overall distributive effect" of an income component or a policy proposal and moreover discusses various approaches for assessing the distributional impact of the components of total ... -
Gini’s nuclear family
(Discussion Papers;Nr. 491, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to justify the use of the Gini coefficient and two close relatives for summarizing the basic information of inequality in distributions of income. To this end we employ a specific ... -
Gini’s nuclear family
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)The purpose of this paper is to justify the use of the Gini coefficient and two close relatives for summarizing the basic information of inequality in distributions of income. To this end we employ a specific transformation ... -
Inequality in current and lifetime income
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08-14)To gauge inequality in living standards, the distribution of lifetime income is likely to be more relevant than the distribution of current income. Yet, empirical studies of income inequality are typically based on ... -
Mean-spread-preserving transformations
(Discussion Papers;No. 360, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to define various mean-spread-preserving transformations, which can be considered as generalized versions of the mean-Gini-preserving transformation. The mean-Ginipreserving tran ... -
Older or Wealthier? : the Impact of Age Adjustments on the Wealth Inequality Ranking of Countries
(Discussion Papers;583, Working paper, 2009)Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However, as this finding relies on cross-section data, we may confuse older with wealthier. We propose a new method to ... -
On the measurement of long-term income inequality and income mobility
(Discussion Papers;No. 622, Working paper, 2010)Abstract: This paper proposes a two-step aggregation method for measuring long-term income inequality and income mobility, where mobility is defined as an equalizer of long-term income. The first step consists of aggregating ... -
Ranking intersecting Lorenz curves
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking Lorenz curves in situations where the Lorenz curves intersect and no unambiguous ranking can be attained without introducing weaker ranking criteria than first-degree ... -
Robust inequality comparisons
(Discussion Papers;No. 623, Working paper, 2010)Abstract: This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking Lorenz curves in situations where the Lorenz curves intersect and no unambiguous ranking can be attained without introducing weaker ranking criteria than ... -
Robust inequality comparisons
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking Lorenz curves in situations where the Lorenz curves intersect and no unambiguous ranking can be attained without introducing weaker ranking criteria than first-degree ... -
Sampling errors and cross-country comparisons of income inequality
(Discussion Papers;No. 252, Working paper, 1999)The growing interest in cross-national comparisons of income inequality is primarily a result of the establishment of the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) database and the wide range of studies on income inequality based on ... -
The sensitivity of income inequality to choice of equivalence scales
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1998)To account for the fact that a household's needs depend on its size and composition most studies on income inequality adjust the observed household incomes by equivalence scales. However, since the rationale for choosing ...