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Methods for Parameter Estimation of the Lorenz Functional Forms and Compare Them Based on Household Expenses Data
A. Mojiri , R. Mohtashami Borzadaran 1, Y. Waghei
1- , gmb1334@yahoo.com
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In the modern society and specially in our country discussion of poverty, wealth and social justice are the most important arguments of public and private circles. The most important graphical tools which are used to describe the quantity of centralization like wealth in a society is Lorenz curve. In these situations, most of econometricians measure the economic inequalities. In the discrete case, the Lorenz curve is therefore defined as ....[To continue please click here]

Keywords: Lorenz curve, Gini index, functional forms, maximum likelihood estimation, least square estimation, elemental percentile method
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: General
Received: 2016/01/20 | Accepted: 2016/01/20 | Published: 2016/01/20



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