DESCOGINI: Stata module to perform Gini decomposition by income source

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Abstract: This command decomposes the Gini coefficient by income source using the approach described in Lerman and Yitzhaki (1985) and in Stark, Taylor and Yitzhaki (1986). This approach allows the calculation of the impact that a marginal change in a particular income source will have on inequality. Bootstrapped standard errors of the estimated impacts on inequality can easily be obtained using this command.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.0
Keywords: Gini coefficient; decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written 2005-09-23
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install descogini". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/d/descogini.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/d/descogini.hlp help file (text/plain)

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