Die Disparitätsmessung hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten als Forschungsgegenstand und Anwendungsgebiet der Statistik eine ständig wachsende Bedeutung erlangt. Die bekanntesten Instrumente der klassischen Disparitätsmessung sind die Lorenzkurve und der Gini-Koeffizient. In der Arbeit wird...

As is well known, the use of the Gini coefficient in comparisons is inconsistent with an utilitarian approach. This paper analyzes the Gini coefficient's normative significance in welfare comparisons evaluating income distributions according to Yaari dual social welfare function. When...

The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extended by the United Nations has been both widely used and strongly criticized. The criticisms raise questions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general. The authors develop techniques to deal with...

An ideal state of development, when viewed with fantasy, is nothing but a state or condition where light touches everybody without refraction. The diagonal line of the Lorenz Curve Framework represents such an ideal condition. In the presence of inequality, however, it deviates or refracts from...