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Socio-economic inequality: Relationship between Gini and Kolkata indices

Physics and Society 2016-11-23 v2 General Finance

Abstract

Socio-economic inequality is characterized from data using various indices. The Gini (gg) index, giving the overall inequality is the most common one, while the recently introduced Kolkata (kk) index gives a measure of 1k1-k fraction of population who possess top kk fraction of wealth in the society. Here, we show the relationship between the two indices, using both empirical data and analytical estimates. The significance of their relationship has been discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1606.03261,
  title  = {Socio-economic inequality: Relationship between Gini and Kolkata indices},
  author = {Arnab Chatterjee and Asim Ghosh and Bikas K Chakrabarti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.03261},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

7 pages, 4 figures + 7 pages appendix with 10 data tables, 1 figure; accepted in Physica A