Author: Branko Milanovic

Publication: Economics Letters. vol. 56, no. 1. pp. 45-49

Date: September 1997

Abstract: 

The paper proposes a new, and a much simpler, way to calculate the Gini coefficient. The existence of a relationship between linear (concave or convex) Pen’s income parade, and specific values of the Gini coefficient is derived.

Link: A Simple Way to Calculate the Gini Coefficient, and Some Implications