Difference between revisions of "GINI index (World Bank estimate)"
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|citation=<ul><li>World Bank. (2016). World development indicators. The World Bank Washington DC.</li></ul> | |citation=<ul><li>World Bank. (2016). World development indicators. The World Bank Washington DC.</li></ul> | ||
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| − | |projectmanagers= | + | |projectmanagers=<ul><li> Jean-Yves Gerlitz</li> |
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|datarelease=<ul><li>Version 0.001: Initial release</li></ul> | |datarelease=<ul><li>Version 0.001: Initial release</li></ul> | ||
| − | |revisions=No revisions yet | + | |revisions=<ul><li>No revisions yet</li></ul> |
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<li>Teorell, Jan, Stefan Dahlberg, Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, Natalia Alvarado Pachon and Richard Svensson. 2019. The Quality of Government Standard Dataset, version Jan19. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute. http://www.qog.pol.gu.se doi:10.18157/qogstdjan19 </li> | <li>Teorell, Jan, Stefan Dahlberg, Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, Natalia Alvarado Pachon and Richard Svensson. 2019. The Quality of Government Standard Dataset, version Jan19. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute. http://www.qog.pol.gu.se doi:10.18157/qogstdjan19 </li> | ||
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Revision as of 13:01, 21 September 2021
| Quick info | |
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| Data type | Numeric |
| Scale | Metric |
| Value labels |
The Gini Coeffcient ranges in between these two values. |
| Technical name | socstr_gini_ndx_wb |
| Category | Social structure |
| Label | GINI index (World Bank estimate) |
| Related indicators |
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The Gini Coefficient measures income inequality of a population. Generally, the Gini Coefficient measures a area between a hypothetical line (absolute equal distribution of income) and the Lorenz curve. This indicator is based on the calculations of the World Bank.
Coding rules
The Gini Coeffizient ranges between "0" and "1". "1" refers to a complete unequal distribution of income and "0" to a complete equal distribution of income.
Bibliographic info
Citation:- World Bank. (2016). World development indicators. The World Bank Washington DC.
Related publications:
Misc
Project manager(s):- Jean-Yves Gerlitz
- Karolin Meyer
- Version 0.001: Initial release
- No revisions yet
Sources
- Teorell, Jan, Stefan Dahlberg, Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, Natalia Alvarado Pachon and Richard Svensson. 2019. The Quality of Government Standard Dataset, version Jan19. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute. http://www.qog.pol.gu.se doi:10.18157/qogstdjan19
