Finance, Inequality, and Poverty 1958-1998

Argentina, Australia, Austria...and 83 more, 1958 - 1998

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Reference ID

WLD_1998_FIP_v01_M

Producer(s)

Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine

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Nov 07, 2011

Last modified

Jun 14, 2022

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Log(Initial Gini) (loginitialgini)

Data file: Finance_inequality_and_the_poor_data_8005

Overview

Valid: 66

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 3.043

Maximum: 4.078

Mean: 3.648

Standard deviation: 0.237

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 27

End: 42

Width: 16

Range: -

Format:

Description

Definition

GINI COEFFICIENT: Ratio of the area below the Lorenz Curve, which plots share of population against income share received, to the area below the diagonal. It lies between 0 and 1 and is a measure of income inequality.

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