Variable: Gini Coefficient

QoG Code: (lis_gini)


Dataset: Luxembourg Income Study database and the Luxembourg Wealth Study database

Description:

Gini Index measures the extent to which the distribution of the specified aggregate among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and the hypothetical line of absolute equality. A Gini index of zero represents perfect equality and 1, perfect inequality.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-12-15
Last updated by source: 2023-07-12


Categories:

Public Economy


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Basic Cross-section - 2024 Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 34
Basic time-series: 53
Standard cross-section: 34
Standard time-series: 53
OECD time-series: 34

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1963-2022
Basic time-series: 1963-2022
OECD time-series: 1963-2022

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