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A gender inequality assessment by means of the Gini index decomposition
Last modified: 2018-05-18
Abstract
This paper proposes to measure and to evaluate gender gaps and gender inequalities by means of the decomposition of an inequality measure. A three-terms decomposition of the Gini index is applied, thus allowing to take into account also the role of overlapping between female and male subpopulations. An analysis of the income distribution of the Italian households shows how gender gaps represent a major source of inequality, without particular improvements during the last 20 years.
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1. Costa, M.: Transvariation and inequality between subpopulations in the Dagum’s Gini index decomposition. Metron, 67, 134–120 (2009)
2. Costa, M.: The evaluation of the inequality between population subgroups. In Verde, R., Racioppi, F., Petrucci, A.: Statistics and Data Science: new challenges, new generations. Firenze University Press, Florence, 313-318 (2017)
3. Dagum, C.: Gini ratio. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Mac Millian Press, London (1987)
4. Dagum, C., Zenga M.: Income and Wealth Distribution, Inequality and Poverty. Springer, Berlin (1990)
5. Dagum, C.: A new decomposition of the Gini income inequality ratio. Empirical Economics, 22, 515–531 (1997)
6. Elbers, C., Lanjouw, P., Mistiaen J.A., Ozler, B.: Reinterpreting Between-Group Inequality. Journal of Economic Inequality, 6, 231–245 (2008)
7. Gini, C.: Sulla misura della concentrazione e della variabilit dei caratteri. Atti R Ist Veneto Sci Lett Arti 73, 1203–1248 (1914); English translation in Metron 63, 3–38 (2005)
8. Giorgi, G.M.: Gini’s scientific work: an evergreen. Metron, 63, 299–315 (2005)
9. Giorgi, G.M.: The Gini inequality index decomposition. An evolutionary study. In Deutsch, J., Silber, J.: The measurement of individual well-being and group inequalities. Routledge, London (2011)
10. Yitzhaki, S., Lerman, R.: Income stratification and income inequality. Review of Income and Wealth, 37, 313–329 (1991)
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