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econ.GN2020★ 32 cited
Inequality Measures: The Kolkata index in comparison with other measures
Suchismita Banerjee, Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Manipushpak Mitra +1
We provide a survey of the Kolkata index of social inequality, focusing in particular on income inequality. Based on the observation that inequality functions (such as the Lorenz f…
econ.TH2019
On the Kolkata index as a measure of income inequality
Suchismita Banerjee, Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Manipushpak Mitra +1
We study the mathematical and economic structure of the Kolkata (k) index of income inequality. We show that the k-index always exists and is a unique fixed point of the complement…