geivars estimates several inequality indices commonly used by economists, together with their asymptotic sampling variances. Unit record ('micro' level) data are required. The inequality indices estimated are members of the single parameter Generalized Entropy class GE(a) for a = -1, 0, 1, 2. The indices differ in their sensitivities to differences in different parts of the distribution. The more positive a is, the more sensitive GE(a) is to income differences at the top of the distribution; the more negative a is the more sensitive it is to differences at the bottom of the distribution. GE(0) is the mean logarithmic deviation, GE(1) is the Theil index, and GE(2) is half the square of the coefficient of variation. This version has been revised for Stata 7.0 compatibility.
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Software component provided by Boston College Department of Economics in its series Statistical Software Components with number
S366001.
Size: Programming language: Stata Requires: Stata version 5.0 Date of creation: 12 Jan 1999 Date of revision:
05 Feb 2001 Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s366001
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