Editing Gini coefficient (section)

=== Education ===
Education Gini index estimates the inequality in education for a given population.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Vinod|last1=Thomas|first2=Yan|last2=Wang|first3=Xibo|last3=Fan|title=Measuring Education Inequality: Gini Coefficients of Education |date=January 2001|publisher=The World Bank|doi=10.1596/1813-9450-2525|url=http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2001/02/17/000094946_01020605310354/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605143955/http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2001/02/17/000094946_01020605310354/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf|archive-date=5 June 2013|series=Policy Research Working Papers|hdl=10986/19738|citeseerx=10.1.1.608.6919|s2cid=6069811}}</ref> It is used to discern trends in social development through educational attainment over time. A study across 85 countries by three [[World Bank]] economists, Vinod Thomas, Yan Wang, and Xibo Fan, estimated Mali had the highest education Gini index of 0.92 in 1990 (implying very high inequality in educational attainment across the population), while the United States had the lowest education inequality Gini index of 0.14. Between 1960 and 1990, China, India and South Korea had the fastest drop in education inequality Gini Index. They also claim education Gini index for the United States slightly increased over the 1980–1990 period.

Though India's education Gini Index has been falling from 1960 through 1990, most of the population still has not received any education, while 10 percent of the population received more than 40% of the total educational hours in the nation. This means that a large portion of capable children in the country are not receiving the support necessary to allow them to become positive contributors to society. This will lead to a deadweight loss to the national society because there are many people who are underdeveloped and underutilized.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Vinod |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVkVi5bzEQkC&dq=gini+coefficient&pg=PA3 |title=Measuring Education Inequality: Gini Coefficients of Education |last2=Wang |first2=Yan |last3=Fan |first3=Xibo |date=2001 |publisher=World Bank Publications |language=en}}</ref>