RT - Journal Article T1 - Methods for Parameter Estimation of the Lorenz Functional Forms and Compare Them Based on Household Expenses Data JF - srtc-jsri YR - 2008 JO - srtc-jsri VO - 5 IS - 1 UR - http://jsri.srtc.ac.ir/article-1-126-en.html SP - 57 EP - 74 K1 - Lorenz curve K1 - Gini index K1 - functional forms K1 - maximum likelihood estimation K1 - least square estimation K1 - elemental percentile method AB - 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] LA eng UL http://jsri.srtc.ac.ir/article-1-126-en.html M3 10.18869/acadpub.jsri.5.1.57 ER -