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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★ 24 cited
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…