Gini
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- proper noun
- /ˈdʒiːni/
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Gini
- In other words, Brazil, which has a Gini coefficient of 59.0, has one of the worst income inequalities in the world.
- Gini coefficient
- Gini index
Examples
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I don't think we'll see that large a jump in the Gini coefficient any time soon.
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Both analyses showed that the beta weights for the Gini index were small and not significant.
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Please also have a look at the section on the Gini index before and after taxes.
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Except for one-person households, the Gini ratio increased for all household sizes in 2011.
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On this basis, the Gini coefficient worsened in both periods.
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The relative equality of local access to farmland was a major reason that the Gini coefficient of rural household income distribution remained so low.
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In 1970, the Gini coefficient in the United States was .394, and in 2000 it was .462.
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Social scientists are divided over just how high a Gini index must rise before social unrest becomes a critical concern, but there is widespread agreement that a Gini above 0.50, in combination with other institutional factors such as a high level of perceived corruption and a weak rule of law, is a cause for alarm.
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Gini has always been a popular name for both boys and girls in Italy.
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Everyone knows Gini; she's the life of the party wherever she goes.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gini is an Italian 'family name' and is sometimes used as a first name for both men and women. You may recognise it from people such as Corrado Gini, which is why the name appears both for people and for the statistical measure he created.