HUTCHENS: Stata module to calculate the Hutchens `square root' segregation index with optional decompositions by subgroup

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Abstract: hutchens computes the `square root' segregation index proposed by Hutchens (International Economic Review, 2004) from individual-level data. Hutchens shows that this index, call it S, satisfies seven desirable properties for a good numerical measure of segregation. In particular, S is additively decomposable by population subgroup: total segregation may be expressed as the sum of within-group segregation (a weighted sum of S across subgroups) plus between-group segregation. S lies on the unit interval, with zero representing the complete absence of segregation, and one representing complete segregation. If two distributions are unambiguously ordered according to a pair of (non-intersecting) segregation curves, then S will also order the distributions in the same way.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.2
Keywords: segregation; square root index; Hutchens; inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-01-25
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata 8 by typing "ssc install hutchens". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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

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