Estimating Lorenz and concentration curves in Stata

Ben Jann

No 15, University of Bern Social Sciences Working Papers from University of Bern, Department of Social Sciences

Abstract: Lorenz and concentration curves are widely used tools in inequality research. In this paper I present a new Stata command called -lorenz- that estimates Lorenz and concentration curves from individual-level data and, optionally, displays the results in a graph. The -lorenz- command supports relative as well as generalized, absolute, unnormalized, or custom-normalized Lorenz or concentration curves, and provides tools for computing contrasts between different subpopulations or outcome variables. Variance estimation for complex samples is fully supported.

Keywords: Stata; Lorenz curve; concentration curve; inequality; income distribution; wealth distribution; graphics; survey estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C87 D31 D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2016-01-12, Revised 2016-10-27
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