arpt: At-risk-of-poverty threshold

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Description

Estimates the at-risk-of-poverty threshold which is set at 60 percent of the median equivalized disposable income using the standard definition.

Usage

arpt(dataset, pz = 0.6, ci = FALSE, rep = 500, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

dataset	a data.frame containing variables obtained by using the setupDataset function.
pz	a number between 0 and 1 which represents the percentage to be used to calculate the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. The default is 0.6.
ci	logical; if TRUE, 95 percent confidence interval is given for the at-risk-of-poverty threshold.
rep	a number to do the confidence interval using boostrap technique.
verbose	logical; if TRUE the confindence interval is plotted.

Details

The equivalized disposable income is calculated using the standar equivalence scale called the modified OECD scale and recommended by Eurostat. The parametric scale of Buhmann et al.(1988) can also be used. The default is the modified OECD scale (see setupDataset).

Value

The value of the at-risk-of-poverty threshold.

Author(s)

A. Berihuete, C.D. Ramos and M.A. Sordo

References

B. Buhmann et al. (1988) Equivalence scales, well-being, inequality and poverty: sensitivity estimates across ten countries using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) database, Review of Income and Wealth, 34, 115–142.

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Glossary:At-risk-of-poverty_rate

See Also

setupDataset

Examples

data(eusilc2)
ATdataset <- setupDataset(eusilc2, country = "AT", s = "OECD")
arpt(ATdataset)

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