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Studies on Regional Wealth Inequalities: the case of Italy

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  • Marcel Ausloos
  • Roy Cerqueti

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The paper contains a short review of techniques examining regional wealth inequalities based on recently published research work but is also presenting unpublished features. The data pertains to Italy (IT), over the period 2007-2011: the number of cities in regions, the number of inhabitants in cities and in regions, as well as the aggregated tax income of the cities and of regions. Frequency-size plots and cumulative distribution function plots, scatter plots and rank-size plots are displayed. The rank-size rule of a few cases is discussed. Yearly data of the aggregated tax income is transformed into a few indicators: the Gini, Theil, and Herfindahl-Hirschman indices. Numerical results confirm that IT is divided into very different regional realities. One region is selected for a short discussion: Molise. A note on the "first digit Benford law" for testing data validity is presented.

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  • Marcel Ausloos & Roy Cerqueti, 2016. "Studies on Regional Wealth Inequalities: the case of Italy," Papers 1602.05356, arXiv.org.
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