This module from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) demonstrates a range of ways to measure inequality by using the statistical concepts of location, shape and variability.
The guide illustrates with step-by-step examples the following measures: the range; the relative mean deviation; the variance; the coefficient of variation; and the standard deviation of logarithms.
Contents
- Conceptual background
- A step-by-step procedure to build simple inequality measures
- A numerical example to calculate simple inequality measures
- The main properties of simple inequality indexes
- A synthesis
Source
Bellù, L. G., & Liberati, P. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (2006). Policy impacts on inequality simple inequality measures. Retrieved from website: http://www.fao.org/3/ap247e/ap247e.pdf
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Hello- just wanted to flag that this link no longer works. This appears to be the updated link: http://www.fao.org/3/ap247e/ap247e.pdf
Dear Emma
Thank you so much for providing the new link. The links in the page are now updated.
Best wishes
Simon
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