Entropy (Mar 2022)

f-Gintropy: An Entropic Distance Ranking Based on the Gini Index

  • Tamás Sándor Biró,
  • András Telcs,
  • Máté Józsa,
  • Zoltán Néda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/e24030407
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 3
p. 407

Abstract

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We consider an entropic distance analog quantity based on the density of the Gini index in the Lorenz map, i.e., gintropy. Such a quantity might be used for pairwise mapping and ranking between various countries and regions based on income and wealth inequality. Its generalization to f-gintropy, using a function of the income or wealth value, distinguishes between regional inequalities more sensitively than the original construction.

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