poverty_senIndex: Calculates Amartya Sen's Index of poverty
In antrologos/inequalityTools: Tools for analizing income inequality
Description
Usage
Arguments
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References
View source: R/poverty_senIndex.R
Description
Calculates Amartya Sen's Index of poverty
Usage
1
poverty_senIndex(x, z, w = NULL)
Arguments
x
A vector of a income source
z
A numeric income value representing the poverty line
w
(optional) A vector of sample weights
alpha
An arbitrary inequality aversion parameter: alpha = 0 returns the poverty rate; alpha = 1 returns the average income gap. Default to 0.
Value
Returns the numeric value of the FGT measure of poverty
References
Sen, Amartya. (1976) "Poverty: An ordinal approach to measurement."
Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society: 219-231.
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Description Usage Arguments Value References
View source: R/poverty_senIndex.R
Description
Calculates Amartya Sen's Index of poverty
Usage
1 | poverty_senIndex(x, z, w = NULL)
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Arguments
x |
A vector of a income source |
z |
A numeric income value representing the poverty line |
w |
(optional) A vector of sample weights |
alpha |
An arbitrary inequality aversion parameter: alpha = 0 returns the poverty rate; alpha = 1 returns the average income gap. Default to 0. |
Value
Returns the numeric value of the FGT measure of poverty
References
Sen, Amartya. (1976) "Poverty: An ordinal approach to measurement." Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society: 219-231.
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