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The Lorenz curve in economics and econometrics
Kleiber, Christian - 2005
econometrics, with a bias towards problems in statistical distribution theory. These include characterizations of income …
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The Lorenz curve in economics and econometrics
Kleiber, Christian - 2007
econometrics, with a bias towards problems in statistical distribution theory. These include characterizations of income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390616
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Ranking intersecting Lorenz curves
Aaberge, Rolf - 2008
This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking Lorenz curves in situations where the Lorenz curves intersect and no unambiguous ranking can be attained without introducing weaker ranking criteria than first-degree Lorenz dominance. To deal with such situations two alternative sequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269185
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Robust inequality comparisons
Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne - 2010
This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking Lorenz curves in situations where the Lorenz curves intersect and no unambiguous ranking can be attained without introducing weaker ranking criteria than first-degree Lorenz dominance. To deal with such situations Aaberge (2009) introduced two...
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International comparisons of income distribution
Bazen, Stephen; Moyes, Patrick - 2003
the Foundation of the Theory of Economic Policy, Macmillan, New York, 1987), who derive a sequential Lorenz dominance …
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Habakkuk revisited: a history friendly model of American and British technology in the nineteenth century
Fontana, Roberto; Guerzoni, Marco; Nuvolari, Alessandro - 2008
-dynamics that gave rise to different patterns of innovation in the two countries. In particular, we suggest that different demand …
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Demand heterogeneity in insurance markets: Implications for equity and efficiency
Geruso, Michael - In: Quantitative Economics 8 (2017) 3, pp. 929-975
data, I then show that this type of demand heterogeneity is empirically relevant in a consumer health plan setting. Younger … and older consumers and men and women reveal strikingly different demand for health insurance, conditional on their …
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The Demand for Homeowners Insurance with Bundled Catastrophe Coverages
Grace, Martin F.; Klein, Robert W.; Kleindorfer, Paul R. - 2001
In this paper, we estimate the demand for homeowner insurance in Florida. Since we are interested in a number of … factors influencing demand, we approach the problem from two directions. We first estimate two hedonic equations representing … mark-up. Second, we estimate the demand for homeowners insurance using two-stage least squares regression. We employ ISO …
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The Dynamics of Housing Demand in the Philippines: Income and Lifecycle Effects
Ballesteros, Marife M. - 2001
This paper examines the housing consumption pattern of households in the Philippines given their socioeconomic characteristics and the existing conditions in the land and housing market. Two basic issues are examined: one, how is housing adjustment and expenditure associated with income and...
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The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-Section and Time-Series Inequality Datasets
Francois, Joseph F.; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo - 2005
The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extendedby the UN has been both widely used and strongly criticized. The criticisms raisequestions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general. Wedevelop techniques to deal with national and...
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