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Hi I’m learning about inequality measures, there are several ways to calculate it and i understand all but 1.



$kappa = frac2E(X)$



I’m not sure what the second x means in the case of random variables.



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Hi I’m learning about inequality measures, there are several ways to calculate it and i understand all but 1.



$kappa = frac2E(X)$



I’m not sure what the second x means in the case of random variables.



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    Put $kappa = frac2E(X)$ to get $kappa = frac2E(X)$.... MathJax quick reference: math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/…
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$kappa = frac2E(X)$



I’m not sure what the second x means in the case of random variables.



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$kappa = frac2E(X)$



I’m not sure what the second x means in the case of random variables.



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    Put $kappa = frac2E(X)$ to get $kappa = frac2E(X)$.... MathJax quick reference: math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/…
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    Put $kappa = frac2E(X)$ to get $kappa = frac2E(X)$.... MathJax quick reference: math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/…
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The numerator of the Gini index is the expected value of the difference, in absolute value, between the earnings (if $x$ denotes earnings) of two random individuals in the population.



In mathematical terms, the expectation here is taken over two random variables $x$ and $x'$, taken as independent and identically distributed. If I rewrite the Gini with $x_1$ and $x_2$ for convenience, and if $F(.)$ denotes the cdf of these random variables:
$$
G = frac1E(X)int int |x_1 - x_2| dF(x_1) dF(x_2),
$$

where:
$$
E(X) = int x dF(x).
$$



You could find more information on the Wikipedia page of the Gini index.






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The numerator of the Gini index is the expected value of the difference, in absolute value, between the earnings (if $x$ denotes earnings) of two random individuals in the population.



In mathematical terms, the expectation here is taken over two random variables $x$ and $x'$, taken as independent and identically distributed. If I rewrite the Gini with $x_1$ and $x_2$ for convenience, and if $F(.)$ denotes the cdf of these random variables:
$$
G = frac1E(X)int int |x_1 - x_2| dF(x_1) dF(x_2),
$$

where:
$$
E(X) = int x dF(x).
$$



You could find more information on the Wikipedia page of the Gini index.






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    See also, quite independently of income inequality and so forth, the ideas of $L$-moments.
    – Nick Cox
    4 hours ago














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The numerator of the Gini index is the expected value of the difference, in absolute value, between the earnings (if $x$ denotes earnings) of two random individuals in the population.



In mathematical terms, the expectation here is taken over two random variables $x$ and $x'$, taken as independent and identically distributed. If I rewrite the Gini with $x_1$ and $x_2$ for convenience, and if $F(.)$ denotes the cdf of these random variables:
$$
G = frac1E(X)int int |x_1 - x_2| dF(x_1) dF(x_2),
$$

where:
$$
E(X) = int x dF(x).
$$



You could find more information on the Wikipedia page of the Gini index.






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    See also, quite independently of income inequality and so forth, the ideas of $L$-moments.
    – Nick Cox
    4 hours ago












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The numerator of the Gini index is the expected value of the difference, in absolute value, between the earnings (if $x$ denotes earnings) of two random individuals in the population.



In mathematical terms, the expectation here is taken over two random variables $x$ and $x'$, taken as independent and identically distributed. If I rewrite the Gini with $x_1$ and $x_2$ for convenience, and if $F(.)$ denotes the cdf of these random variables:
$$
G = frac1E(X)int int |x_1 - x_2| dF(x_1) dF(x_2),
$$

where:
$$
E(X) = int x dF(x).
$$



You could find more information on the Wikipedia page of the Gini index.






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The numerator of the Gini index is the expected value of the difference, in absolute value, between the earnings (if $x$ denotes earnings) of two random individuals in the population.



In mathematical terms, the expectation here is taken over two random variables $x$ and $x'$, taken as independent and identically distributed. If I rewrite the Gini with $x_1$ and $x_2$ for convenience, and if $F(.)$ denotes the cdf of these random variables:
$$
G = frac1E(X)int int |x_1 - x_2| dF(x_1) dF(x_2),
$$

where:
$$
E(X) = int x dF(x).
$$



You could find more information on the Wikipedia page of the Gini index.







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    See also, quite independently of income inequality and so forth, the ideas of $L$-moments.
    – Nick Cox
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    See also, quite independently of income inequality and so forth, the ideas of $L$-moments.
    – Nick Cox
    4 hours ago







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See also, quite independently of income inequality and so forth, the ideas of $L$-moments.
– Nick Cox
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