The Gini Coefficient and Poverty Indexes: Some Reconciliations
基尼系数与贫困指数:若干协调关系
Poverty is usually defined as the extent to which individuals in a society or community fall below a minimal acceptable standard of living. An index of poverty is generally based on the proportion (α) of the poor people and their income distribution through the income gap ratio (β) (i.e., the average income gap of the poor people from the poverty line ω, taken as a ratio to ω itself) and other measures of income inequalities. In this context, the well-known Gini coefficient…