KP: Functional form of Lorenz curve : Kakwani and Podder (1973)

In EnoraBelz/Inequality: Estimation of Inequality Measures from Quantile Data

Description

Functional form of Lorenz curve : Kakwani and Podder (1973)

Usage

KP(p, a, b)

Arguments

p	numeric, vector of probabilities
a	numeric, greater than 1
b	numeric, positive

Value

The Kakwani and Podder (1973)'s functional form of Lorenz curve at the point p

L(p) = p^a*e^(-b*(1-p))

where b>0 and a ≥ 1.

References

Kakwani and Podder (1973), On the estimation of Lorenz curves from grouped observations

See Also

RGKO, Arnold, Ortega, Chotikapanich, Sarabia, Rohde

Examples

KP(0.5, 0.9, 1.5)
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