DAGUMFIT: Stata module to fit a Dagum distribution by maximum likelihood

Stephen Jenkins ()
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Nicholas Cox ()

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: dagumfit fits by ML the 3 parameter Dagum distribution to sample observations on a random variable. dagumpred calculates statistics summarizing a Dagum distribution which has been fitted using dagumfit. Unit record data are assumed (rather than grouped data).

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.2
Keywords: Dagum distribution; inequality; maximum likelihood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-01-12, Revised 2007-03-16
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/d/dagumpred.ado program code (text/plain)
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