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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
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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Nov 20, 2013
Last modified
Jun 13, 2022
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  • Finance_inequality_and_the_poor_data_6005
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  • Finance_inequality_and_the_poor_data_panel
  • Finance_inequality_and_the_poor_data_poverty

Growth in Gini (growthingini)

Data file: Finance_inequality_and_the_poor_data_panel

Overview

Valid: 314
Invalid: 0
Minimum: -0.0992
Maximum: 0.115
Mean: -0.0002
Standard deviation: 0.0244
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 77
End: 95
Width: 19
Range: -0.0992181003093719 - 0.114796102046967
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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