单词 | gini |
释义 | Ginin. I. Compounds 1. attributive and (esp. in early use) in the genitive. Designating a statistical measure of how unevenly income, a resource, etc., is distributed among a population, based on the ratio of the mean of the differences between individuals to the overall mean, as Gini coefficient, Gini index, etc.Income inequality in different countries is frequently measured and expressed using Gini coefficients. ΚΠ 1913 Amer. Econ. Rev. 3 182 Gini's index may be readily understood by comparing it with the well-known index of Pareto. 1951 Rev. Econ. & Statistics 33 270/2 A Lorenz or Gini measure would give something more than this: the distribution among the three million. 1965 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 47 1220 A useful tool to summarize the degree of concentration of a given income distribution is called the Gini Ratio. 1987 Economist 26 Dec. 28/1 The most widely accepted statistical indicator of inequality, the gini coefficient, rose in the same period. 2012 G. S. Elbow in J. P. Stoltman 21st Century Geogr. II. lvi. 627/2 It [sc. inequality in family income] is measured using the GINI index, named after Corrado Gini who developed the index. 2014 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 14 Jan. b4 After the downturn, however, the Gini coefficient for wealth rose to 0.87 by 2010. II. Simple uses. 2. A Gini coefficient. ΚΠ 1970 Amer. Economist 14 6 A Gini of 1.00 denotes a situation in which all income is concentrated in the hands of a very few. 1987 Canad. Public Policy 13 528/1 Thus the GINI falls as the grant pool rises. 2000 A. F. Jones & D. H. Weinberg Changing Shape Nation's Income Distribution, 1947–98 1/1 During this period, the Gini for families indicated a decrease in income inequality. 2013 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 22 Aug. c1/3 Wyoming has the lowest Gini (.408) and New York the highest (.503). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1913 |
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