Mixture Lorenz curves

被引：23

作者：

Sarabia, JM ^{[1
]}

Castillo, E

Pascual, M

Sarabia, M

机构：

[1] Univ Cantabria, Dept Econ, E-39005 Santander, Spain

[2] Univ Cantabria, Dept Appl Math & Comp Sci, E-39005 Santander, Spain

[3] Univ Cantabria, Dept Business Adm, E-39005 Santander, Spain

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2005年 / 89卷 / 01期

关键词：

parametric Lorenz curves; gini index;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2005.05.015

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

A new class of Lorenz curves is proposed by a mixture of an initial Lorenz curve with a known probability density function, assuming the existence of some heterogeneity factor. Three new mixture curves are proposed and numerical comparisons are done. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：89 / 94

页数：6

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