Authors: Kleiber, Christian
Title: The Lorenz curve in economics and econometrics
Language (ISO): en
Abstract: This paper surveys selected applications of the Lorenz curve and related stochastic orders in economics and econometrics, with a bias towards problems in statistical distribution theory. These include characterizations of income distributions in terms of families of inequality measures, Lorenz ordering of multiparameter distributions in terms of their parameters, probability inequalities for distributions of quadratic forms, and Condorcet jury theorems.
Subject Headings: characterizations
Condorcet jury theorem
income distribution
income inequality
Lorenz curve
Lorenz order
majorization
statistical distributions
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2003/21648
http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-14481
Issue Date: 2005-10-12T06:57:48Z
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