DER: Income Polarization Index

The DER (or PaF) income polarization index as proposed by Duclos J. Y., Esteban, J. and Ray D. (2004). "Polarization: concepts, measurement, estimation". Econometrica, 72(6): 1737--1772. <doi:10.1111/j.1468-0262.2004.00552.x>. The index may be computed for a single or for a range of values of the alpha-parameter. Bootstrapping is also available.

Package details

AuthorMichail Tsagris [aut, cre]
MaintainerMichail Tsagris <mtsagris@uoc.gr>
LicenseGPL (>= 2)
Version1.0
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("DER")

Try the DER package in your browser

Any scripts or data that you put into this service are public.

DER documentation built on April 12, 2025, 1:45 a.m.