Assessing inequality

By:

Lingxin Hao

Contributor(s):

Daniel Q. Naiman

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2010.Description: 160pISBN:

9781412926294

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.072 HAO

Contents:

Contents: 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.

Summary: Providing basic foundations for measuring inequality from the perspective of distributional propertiesThis monograpg reviews a set of widely used summary inequality measures, and the lesser known relative distribution method provides the basic rationale behind each measure and discusses their interconnections. It also introduces model-based decomposition of inequality over time using quantile regression. This approach enables researchers to estimate two different contributions to changes in inequality between two time points.Key FeaturesClear statistical explanations provide fundamental statistical basis for understanding the new modeling frameworkStraightforward empirical examples reinforce statistical knowledge and ready-to-use proceduresMultiple approaches to assessing inequality are introduced by starting with the basic distributional property and providing connections among approachesThis supplementary text is appropriate for any graduate-level, intermediate, or advanced statistics course across the social and behavioral sciences, as well as individual researchers.Learn more about "The Little Green Book" - QASS Series! Click Here

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	305.072 HAO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		43231

Contents:
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.

Providing basic foundations for measuring inequality from the perspective of distributional propertiesThis monograpg reviews a set of widely used summary inequality measures, and the lesser known relative distribution method provides the basic rationale behind each measure and discusses their interconnections. It also introduces model-based decomposition of inequality over time using quantile regression. This approach enables researchers to estimate two different contributions to changes in inequality between two time points.Key FeaturesClear statistical explanations provide fundamental statistical basis for understanding the new modeling frameworkStraightforward empirical examples reinforce statistical knowledge and ready-to-use proceduresMultiple approaches to assessing inequality are introduced by starting with the basic distributional property and providing connections among approachesThis supplementary text is appropriate for any graduate-level, intermediate, or advanced statistics course across the social and behavioral sciences, as well as individual researchers.Learn more about "The Little Green Book" - QASS Series! Click Here

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