correction term is obtained from studying the estimator of the Gini index within a measurement error framework. In addition, it …We propose a first order bias correction term for the Gini index to reduce the bias due to grouping. The first order …

Much of the literature on inequality, both that on the theoretical features of inequality measurement and that on the … distributions. The paper focuses on the measurement of inequality itself and includes an application to European data on wealth. We …, grounding their use in socio-economic theory and highlighting the connections between them. In particular, we investigate how …