A Comparison Between the Pearson-based Dissimilarity Index and the Multiple-Group Overlap Index

This paper proposes a simple extension of the overlap index to measure between-group inequality and compares it to an index based on Pearson's goodness-of-fit statistic.

Citation: Yalonetzky, G. (2010). 'A comparison between the Pearson-based Dissimilarity Index and the Multiple-Group Overlap Index', OPHI Research in Progress No. 16a, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford.