Studies on Regional Wealth Inequalities: The Case of Italy |
| M. Ausloosa,b,c and R. Cerqueti d
aSchool of Management, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK beHumanities group, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Joan Muyskenweg 25, 1096 CJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands cGroup of Researchers for Applications of Physics in Economy and Sociology, rue de la Belle Jardiniere 483, B-4031, Angleur, Belgium dUniversity of Macerata, Department of Economics and Law, via Crescimbeni 20, I-62100, Macerata, Italy |
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| The paper contains a short review of techniques examining regional wealth inequalities based on recently published research work, but also presenting unpublished features. The data pertains to Italy over the period 2007-2011: the number of cities in regions, the number of inhabitants in cities and in regions, as well as the aggregated tax income of the cities and of regions. Frequency-size plots and cumulative distribution function plots, scatter plots and rank-size plots are displayed. The rank-size rule of a few cases is discussed. Yearly data of the aggregated tax income is transformed into a few indicators: the Gini, Theil, and Herfindahl-Hirschman indices. Numerical results confirm that IT is divided into very different regional realities. One region is selected for a short discussion: Molise. A note on the "first digit Benford law" for testing data validity is presented. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.129.959 PACS numbers: 89.65.Gh, 93.30.-w, 05.20.-y, 05.10.Ln |