Using the GB2 Income Distribution: A Review

Duangkamon Chotikapanich, William Griffiths (), Gholamreza Hajargasht (), Wasana Karunarathne () and D.S. Prasada Rao ()
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Duangkamon Chotikapanich: Monash University
Wasana Karunarathne: Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, https://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person120197

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Abstract: To use the GB2 distribution for the analysis of income and other positively-skewed distributions, knowledge of estimation methods and the ability to compute quantities of interest from the estimated parameters are required. We review estimation methodology that has appeared in the literature, and summarise expressions for inequality, poverty, and propoor growth that can be used to compute these measures from GB2 parameter estimates. An application to data from China and Indonesia is provided.

JEL-codes: C13 I32 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2018-02
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