The Gini methodology : a primer on a statistical methodology / Shlomo Yitzhaki, Edna Schechtman.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-535) and indexes.

Part 1. THEORY -- More Than a Dozen Alternative Ways of Spelling Gini -- The Gini Equivalents of the Covariance, the Correlation, and the Regression Coefficient -- Decompositions of the GMD -- The Lorenz Curve and the Concentration Curve -- The Extended Gini Family of Measures -- Gini Simple Regressions -- Multiple Regressions -- Inference on Gini-Based Parameters: Estimation -- Inference on Gini-Based Parameters: Testing -- Inference on Lorenz and on Concentration Curves -- Introduction -- Part 2. APPLICATIONS -- Introduction to Applications -- Social Welfare, Relative Deprivation, and the Gini Coefficient -- Policy Analysis -- Policy Analysis Using the Decomposition of the Gini by Non-marginal Analysis -- Incorporating Poverty in Policy Analysis: The Marginal Analysis Case -- Introduction to Applications of the GMD and the Lorenz Curve in Finance -- The Mean-Gini Portfolio and the Pricing of Capital Assets -- Applications of Gini Methodology in Regression Analysis -- Gini's Multiple Regressions: Two Approaches and Their Interaction -- Mixed OLS, Gini, and Extended Gini Regressions -- An Application in Statistics: ANOGI -- Suggestions for Further Research.