Gini_RSV: The Gini coefficient adjusted for negative attributes...

In GiniWegNeg: Computing the Gini-Based Coefficients for Weighted and Negative Attributes

Description

computes the Gini coefficient adjusted for negative (even weighted) data.

Usage

Gini_RSV(y,w)

Arguments

y	a vector of attributes containing even negative elements
w	a vector containing the weights associated with the elements of the attribute vector

Details

Gini_RSV(y,w) is the Gini coefficient for negative income data proposed by Raffinetti, Siletti and Vernizzi (2015) and based on a new definition of the "polarized" scenario, where the total negative attribute amount is assigned to one unit, the total positive amount to another unit, while all the other units have a zero amount of attribute. It provides a value always included into the close range [0,1].

Value

the value of the Gini coefficient adjusted for negative attributes.

Note

If the vector w contains unitary elements, compute Gini_RSV as Gini_RSV(y).

Author(s)

Emanuela Raffinetti, Fabio Aimar

References

E. Raffinetti, E. Siletti, A. Vernizzi (2014), Inequality measures and the issue of negative income. Italian Statistical Society Conference (SIS), Book of Short Papers: "SIS2014. 47th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society", CUEC (Cooperativa Universitaria Editrice Cagliaritana), 11-13 June 2014

E. Raffinetti, E. Siletti, A. Vernizzi (2015), On the Gini coefficient normalization when incomes with negative values are considered, Statistical Methods & Applications, 24(3), 507-521

E. Raffinetti, E. Siletti, A. Vernizzi (2016), Analyzing the effects of negative and non-negative values on income inequality. Evidence from the Survey of Household Income and Wealth of the Bank of Italy (2012), Social Indicators Research (published on line http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007

See Also

ineq,IC2

Examples

# generate the vector of attributes with even negative elements
y<-c(-7,-15,11,-10,2,4,40)
# generate the vector of weights
w<-c(2.5,1.1,3.6,4.4,0.8,2.7,1.9)
# compute the Gini coefficient adjusted for negative values
Gini_RSV(y,w)

data(BI2012)
# define the vector of weights
w<-BI2012$weight 

# select the vector of incomes (e.g., the incomes from transfers YTA)
y<-BI2012$YTA
# compute the Gini coefficient adjusted for negative values 
Gini_RSV(y,w)

# select the vector of incomes (e.g., the incomes from financial capital gain YCF)
y<-BI2012$YCF
# compute the Gini coefficient adjusted for negative values 
Gini_RSV(y,w)

Example output

$GINI_RSV
[1] 0.6694118

$GINI_RSV
[1] 0.9520164

$GINI_RSV
[1] 0.8999951

GiniWegNeg documentation built on May 2, 2019, 6:10 a.m.