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Social SciencesBiostatisticsSocial InequalityInequalityLife Table AnalysisLife Table MethodsLife TablesGini Coefficient AnalysisLife Table Functions
This paper presents a toolkit for measuring and analyzing inter-individual inequality in length of life by Gini coefficient. Gini coefficient and four other inequality measures are defined on the length-of-life distribution. Properties of these measure
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