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Inequality and the GB2 Income Distribution


Stephen P. Jenkins


London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
June 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2831

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The generalized entropy class of inequality indices is derived for Generalized Beta of the Second Kind (GB2) income distributions, thereby providing a full range of top-sensitive and bottom-sensitive measures. An examination of British income inequality in 1994/95 and 2004/05 illustrates the analysis.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 12

Keywords: inequality, generalized entropy indices, generalized Beta of the second kind distribution, GB2 distribution, Singh-Maddala distribution, Dagum distribution

JEL Classification: C16, C46, D31

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Date posted: July 2, 2007  

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Jenkins, Stephen P., Inequality and the GB2 Income Distribution (June 2007). IZA Discussion Paper No. 2831. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=997260 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.997260

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