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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/kqmh-mj30

Producer(s)

Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine

Collection(s)

Development Research Microdata Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

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Nov 20, 2013

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Log(Initial Gini) (loginitialgini)

Data file: Finance_inequality_and_the_poor_data_6005

Overview

Valid: 72

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 3.127

Maximum: 4.127

Mean: 3.719

Standard deviation: 0.235

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 8

End: 23

Width: 16

Range: 3.12676000595093 - 4.12713384628296

Format: Numeric

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.

Source of information

Dollar and Kraay (2002)

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