Inequality and the GB2 Income Distribution

Stephen Jenkins

No 2831, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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 top-sensitive and bottom-sensitive measures. An examination of British income inequality in 1994/95 and 2004/05 illustrates the analysis.

Keywords: Singh-Maddala distribution; GB2 distribution; inequality; generalized entropy indices; Dagum distribution; generalized Beta of the second kind distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C16 C46 D31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2007-06
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Published - published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (2), 392–398

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