A method of measuring the Gini ratio of income inequality: the Kenyan case

dc.creator	Aseto, Oyugi
dc.date	2011-10-13T14:04:42Z
dc.date	2011-10-13T14:04:42Z
dc.date	1977-06
dc.date.accessioned	2013-01-04T16:47:39Z
dc.date.available	2013-01-04T16:47:39Z
dc.date.issued	04-01-13
dc.identifier	Aseto, Oyugi (1977) A method of measuring the Gini ratio of income inequality: the Kenyan case. Working paper no. 313, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
dc.identifier	http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/1184
dc.identifier	316654
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11295/7620
dc.description	The purpose of this paper is to discuss a method of calculating the Gini Coefficient of Inequality, with particular reference to the Kenyan data. This method is simple, precise and straightforward, and is free of ambiguities that beset the other conventional method. Moreover, it can be readily applied to a series of data that cover a long period of time. As such, the method can be used to analyse readily the extent to which inequality is increasing or decreasing over time in the country or region.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
dc.relation	Working Papers.;313
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.rights	Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
dc.subject	Economic Development
dc.title	A method of measuring the Gini ratio of income inequality: the Kenyan case
dc.type	Series paper (non-IDS)