Objective: We show that a standardized Gini coefficient that takes into account the feasible range of health inequality for a given health attribute is a better instrument than the normal Gini coefficient for quantifying inter-individual health inequality. Methods: The standardized Gini coefficient is equal to the normal Gini coefficient divided by the maximal attainable Gini coefficient, which...

ABSTRAK Tolok ukur untuk melihat kemakmuran sebuah Negara dapat dilihat dari GDP yang ada di negara tersebut. Ukuran kesejahteraan tidak hanya diukur berdasarkan substansi akan tetapi keadaan subjektif atau kebahagiaan. Tujuan penelitian ini ialah mengetahui faktor mempengaruhi kebahagiaan Indonesia periode 2014 dan 2017. Analisis digunakan yaitu model regresi data panel. Penelitian menunjukkan...

BACKGROUND One of the major health policy issues, in the both developed and developing countries, is the equality in the distribution of health resources. The aim of this study was to investigate the disparity in the distribution of health physical resources across the provinces of Iran in 2001 and 2011. METHODS This was a cross-sectional retrospective study which investigated inequality in t...

Abstract: Social inequality is traditionally measured by the Gini-index (g). Most of the estimates of the income or wealth data indicate the g value to be widely dispersed across the countries of the world: g values typically range from 0.30 to 0.65 at a particular time (year). We estimated similarly the Gini-index for the citations earned by the yearly publications of various academic institut...

Mobility implies initial and final distributions and a transition process linking the observations of these two distributions. An inequality index describes properties of the intitial or final distribution. A mobility index describes the transition. In most cases, mobility indices have been developed using properties of transition matrices independently of the concepts of inequality and equity ...

INTRODUCTION Considering the scarcity of skilled workers in the health sector, the appropriate distribution of human resources in this sector is very important for improving people's health. Having information about the degree of equality in the distribution of health human resources and their time trends is necessary for better planning and efficient use of these resources. The aim of this stu...

This paper proposes a method to incorporate a concern for distributional inequalities of income, education, and longevity into the framework of the Human Development Index (HDI), as it is presently designed by the United Nations Development Programme. The paper constructs Gini coefficients, for a set of 20 developing countries, measuring inequalities in annual income, educational attainment, an...

A principal component analysis based on the generalized Gini correlation index is proposed (Gini PCA). The PCA generalizes standard variance. It shown, in Gaussian case, that equivalent to PCA. also proven dimensionality reduction matrix, relies city-block distances, robust outliers. Monte Carlo simulations and an application cars data (with outliers) show robustness of provide different interp...