Inequality and the GB2 income distribution

Stephen Jenkins

No 73, Working Papers from ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

Abstract: The generalized entropy class of inequality indices is derived for Generalized Beta of the Second Kind (GB2) income distributions, thereby providing a full range of topsensitive and bottom-sensitive measures. An examination of British income inequality in 1994/95 and 2004/05 illustrates the analysis.

Keywords: inequality; generalized entropy indices; generalized Beta of the second kind distribution; GB2 distribution; Singh-Maddala distribution; Dagum distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C16 C46 D31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2007
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