Ortega: Functional form of Lorenz curve : Ortega et al. (1991)

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

Description

Functional form of Lorenz curve : Ortega et al. (1991)

Usage

Ortega(p, a, b)

Arguments

p	numeric, vector of probabilities
a	numeric, positive
b	numeric, between 0 and 1

Value

The Ortega et al. (1991)'s functional form of Lorenz curve at the point p

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

where a ≥ 0 and 0 < b <1 .

References

Ortega et al. (1991), A new functional form for estimating Lorenz curves

See Also

KP, RGKO, Arnold, Chotikapanich, Sarabia, Rohde

Examples

Ortega(0.5, 0.5, 0.7)
0.2718315

EnoraBelz/Inequality documentation built on Oct. 30, 2019, 5:37 p.m.