Modeling income distributions and Lorenz curves [electronic resource] / edited by Duangkamon Chotikapanich.

The parameterization of income distributions using Lorenz Curves is a useful technique to analyze the characteristics of income inequality within a given population. It provides a way of describing how data are generated, why the level of inequality is what it is, and how these factors impact poorer...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors:	Duangkamon Chotikapanich
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Springer, ©2008.
Series:	Economic studies in inequality, social exclusion and well-being ; v. 5.
Subjects:	Income distribution > Mathematical models.