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A relation between the Gini and Elteto measures of inequality

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, California

    Nino R. Pereira

  2. City of San Francisco Planning Department, 100 Larkin Street, 94102, San Francisco, California

    Patricia Wilson Salinas

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Pereira, N.R., Salinas, P.W. A relation between the Gini and Elteto measures of inequality. Qual Quant 12, 175–178 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00144069

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