CALCULATING INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDICES FROM MICRO-DATA
National Tax JournalPublished 1 March 1988
Stephen P. Jenkins
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Explains that researchers can calculate Gini indices easily and cheaply using widely available data management and statistical packages.
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