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Estimates the quintile share ratio of an income distribution. It is defined as the ratio of total income received by the 20 percent of the population with the highest income to that received by the 20 percent of the population with the lowest income.
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dataset |
a data.frame containing variables obtained by using the setupDataset function. |
ci |
logical; if TRUE, 95 percent confidence interval is given for the quintile share ratio. |
rep |
a number to do the confidence interval using boostrap technique. |
verbose |
logical; if TRUE the confindence interval is plotted. |
It is calculated using the equivalized disposable income. Two types of equivalence scales can be used, the modified OECD scale and the parametric scale of Buhmann et al. ( 1988). The default is the modified OECD scale (see setupDataset).
The value of the income quintile share ratio.
A. Berihuete, C.D. Ramos and M.A. Sordo
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:Income_quintile_share_ratio
setupDataset
1 2 3 | data(eusilc2)
ATdataset <- setupDataset(eusilc2, country = "AT", s = "OECD")
qsr(ATdataset)
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