Between Pareto and Gini
The Origins of Personal Inequality Measurement in Italy, 1894-1939
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4297348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giacomo Gabbuti (0000-0002-5098-8972, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 435-454 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2702 • E-ISSN: 1527-1919 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182702-8304763 |
| OpenAlex | W3012553003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 26 |
The Italian contribution to the emergence of modern inequality measurement has been, so far, mainly discussed from a methodological standpoint, or has focused on Vilfredo Pareto's theoretical contribution. This article offers a first survey of the Italian empirical literature on measuring inequality, from the earliest contributions in the 1890s to the end of the interwar decades, discussing the motivations and the sociopolitical milieu in which this literature developed
Econometrics · Economic inequality · Economics · Gini coefficient · Inequality · Neoclassical economics · Operations management · Pareto principle · Positive economics · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |