individualize_dist: Individualize a distribution
In thomasblanchet/gpinter: Generalized Pareto Interpolation

individualize_dist

R Documentation

Individualize a distribution

Description

Individualize the distribution (of income or wealth) under equal splitting among spouses, given the share of couples or singles at different points of the distribution.

Usage

individualize_dist(
  dist,
  p,
  singleshare = NULL,
  coupleshare = NULL,
  singletop = NULL,
  coupletop = NULL,
  singlebracket = NULL,
  couplebracket = NULL,
  ratio = NULL
)

Arguments

`dist`	An object of class `gpinter_dist_orig`.
`p`	A vector of fractiles in [0, 1].
`singleshare`	The overall share of singles.
`coupleshare`	The overall share of couples.
`singletop`	A vector with the same length as `p`: the share of singles in the top 100*(1 - p)%.
`coupletop`	A vector with the same length as `p`: the share of couples in the top 100*(1 - p)%.
`singlebracket`	A vector with the same length as `p`: the share of singles in the matching bracket.
`couplebracket`	A vector with the same length as `p`: the share of couples in the matching bracket.
`ratio`	A vector with the same length as `p`: the ratio of singles average income over couples average income in each bracket. Default is 1 for all brackets.