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A Note on Computing the Gini Inequality Measure with Weighted Data

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  • Creedy, John

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This note sets out some basic results regarding calculation of the Gini measure and its standard error in the context of cross-sectional micro-datasets where sample weights are provided for aggregation from sample to population values.

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  • Creedy, John, 2015. "A Note on Computing the Gini Inequality Measure with Weighted Data," Working Paper Series 19268, Victoria University of Wellington, Chair in Public Finance.
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