The Gini index, or Gini coefficient, is a summary measure of income inequality representing how income distribution varies compared with an equal outcome. States with the lowest Gini index figures, ...

Inequality among people has become an increasingly salient issue globally, with data indicating a rise in inequality levels across many countries in recent years. This, in turn, has generated concerns ...

People are living longer lives compared to previous generations but, over the last few decades, there has been a hidden shift — they are passing away at increasingly similar ages. This is a trend ...

With reformers relentlessly demanding that schools produce measurable outcomes, it’s curious that the Gini Index is rarely mentioned. I say that because what Italian statistician Corrado Gini wrote in ...

People are living longer lives compared to previous generations but, over the last few decades, there has been a hidden shift – they are passing away at increasingly similar ages. This is a trend ...

Early morning magenta light illuminates clouds and the Moulton Barn on Mormon Row at the foot of the Grand Tetons near Jackson, Wyoming. Teton County, home to the affluent and famous Jackson Hole, has ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The World Bank has data on income inequality for most countries in the world. A common measure of ...

There are lies, damned lies and Gini index statistics. A single statistical measure invented in 1912 cannot hope to capture the nature of inequality in an entire country in 2019. Tim Worstall of the ...

Naples, Florida, downtown skyline at dusk. Collier County, which includes wealthier cities like Naples and Marco Island, also includes poorer cities like Immokalee. According to the latest Census data ...