A bottom poor sensitive Gini coefficient and maximum entropy estimation of income distributions
Autor: | Hang Keun Ryu |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
Předmět: |
Physics::Physics and Society
Estimation Qualitative variation Economics and Econometrics Gini coefficient Principle of maximum entropy Maximum entropy method Function (mathematics) Bonferroni index Wolfson polarization index Generalized entropy index Statistics Economics Econometrics Finance Reciprocal |
Zdroj: | Economics Letters. 118:370-374 |
ISSN: | 0165-1765 |
Popis: | A bottom poor sensitive Gini coefficient (pgini) is defined by replacing income observations with their reciprocal values in the Gini coefficient. The underlying true income share function can be derived approximately using the maximum entropy method given the pgini coefficient. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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