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<journal-id>2448-8402</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ensayos. Revista de economía]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ens. Rev. econ.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-8402</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, a través de la Facultad de Economía con la colaboración del Centro de Investigaciones Económicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2448-84022025000100001</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29105/ensayos44.1-1</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Índice de Diversidad Heterogénea: una medida de variabilidad y disparidad]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Heterogeneous Diversity Index: A measure of variability and disparity]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Esparza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luz Judith]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Macías Ponce]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio César]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kú Carrillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roberto Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>44</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>32</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-84022025000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-84022025000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-84022025000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este artículo se propone un nuevo índice de heterogeneidad que compara dos vectores, uno de observación y otro el esperado. Un caso particular resulta cuando el vector esperado tiene las mismas entradas en todos sus elementos, entonces, el índice propuesto resulta ser de desigualdad. La construcción geométrica y analítica del índice propuesto le confiere robustez matemática, además de su amplia gama de aplicaciones en distintas disciplinas como economía, estadística y sociología. En este trabajo hemos aplicado el índice en tópicos como el reparto de bienes, el desarrollo humano y el salario mínimo, obteniéndose resultados bastantes satisfactorios.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper proposes a new heterogeneity index that compares two vectors, one for observations and the other for expected values. A particular case arises when the expected vector has the same entries in all of its elements, thus, the proposed index serves as a measure of inequality. The geometric and analytical construction of the proposed index gives it mathematical robustness, in addition to its wide range of applications in different disciplines such as economics, statistics and sociology. In this work, we have applied the index to topics such as the allocation of goods, and human development, and minimum wage analysis, obtaining quite satisfactory results.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[distribución de bienes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[índice de desarrollo humano]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Gini]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[human development index]]></kwd>
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