ineqdeco estimates a range of inequality and related indices commonly used by economists, plus optional decompositions of a subset of these indices by population subgroup. Indices estimated are: members of the single parameter Generalized Entropy class GE(a) for a = -1, 0, 1, 2; the Atkinson class A(e) for e = 0.5, 1, 2; the Gini coefficient, and the percentile ratios p90/p10 and p75/p25. Optionally presented are indices related to the Atkinson inequality indices, viz equally-distributed-equivalent income Yede(e), social welfare indices W(e), and the Sen welfare index. If there are observations with negative or zero values on the variable of interest, and you wish to wish to estimate inequality indices including these observations, then use ineqdec0 (q.v.) This version is for Stata versions 8.2 onwards. For versions 5 to 8.1, use ineqdeco5 instead.
Download Info
To download:
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the
proper application to
view it first. Information about this may be contained
in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read
the IDEAS help
file. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS
site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
Publisher Info
Software component provided by Boston College Department of Economics in its series Statistical Software Components with number
S366002.
Size: Programming language: Stata Requires: Stata version 8.2 (5.0 for ineqdeco5) Date of creation: 12 Jan 1999 Date of revision:
04 Sep 2006 Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s366002
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install ineqdeco". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser. Contact details of provider: Postal: Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 USA Phone: 617-552-3670 Fax: +1-617-552-2308 Email: Web page: http://fmwww.bc.edu/EC/ More information through EDIRC