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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Palma ratio"”.
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Investigating the potential for utilising a water equity metric to benchmark differential access in Global South cities: a case study of Cape Town
… of Cape Town using the Gini Coefficient and the Palma ratio. Both these metrics were selected to determine how access to water and water consumption were distributed averagely throughout the population with the Gini coefficient, as well as between the most resource rich and resource poor with the …
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Multi-faceted measurements of job access inequity for transit-based workers
… employs a wealth inequality index called the Palma ratio for measuring the distribution inequity of transit-based job accessibility between the richest and poorest populations. The results from this dissertation can help improve the accuracy of job access inequity and serve as key reference …
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Of all people, by all people, for all people? Perceptions of economic inequality and democracy in Africa
… inequality, such as the Gini coefficient or the Palma ratio. This is problematic for two reasons. First, a growing body of research suggests that ordinary people widely misjudge levels of economic inequality and that people's perceptions of economic inequality are often weakly associated with …
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Inequality in Perspective: Rethinking Inequality Measurement, Minimum Wages and Elites in Mexico
… can be measured free from ideological considerations. New data detect trends towards higher inequality, weaker economic positions for those at the bottom, and a concentration of wealth at the very top of the distribution in most regions. Inequality studies as currently practiced are …