Assessing inequality

PDFs, CDFs, quantile functions, and Lorenz curves -- Summary inequality measures -- Choices of inequality measures -- Relative distribution methods -- Inference issues -- Analyzing inequality trends -- An illustrative application: inequality in income and wealth in the United States, 1991-2001

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Authors: Hao, Lingxin 1949- (Author) ; Naiman, Daniel Q. (Author)
Format: Print Book Statistics
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles London New Delhi Singapore Washington DC SAGE [2010]
In: Sage University papers / Quantitative applications in the social sciences (166)
Year: 2010
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Keywords:
Equality
Social Sciences > Statistical methods
Social indicators
Social accounting
Sozialwissenschaften
Wissenschaft
Methode
Analyse
Soziale Gerechtigkeit
Personelle Einkommensverteilung
Konzentrationsmaß
Statistik
Personelle Einkommensverteilung > Statistik
Personelle Einkommensverteilung > Konzentrationsmaß
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Summary:PDFs, CDFs, quantile functions, and Lorenz curves -- Summary inequality measures -- Choices of inequality measures -- Relative distribution methods -- Inference issues -- Analyzing inequality trends -- An illustrative application: inequality in income and wealth in the United States, 1991-2001
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 143-145
Physical Description:x, 149 Seiten, Diagramme
ISBN:978-1-4129-2629-4