Revisiting a functional form for the Lorenz curve

In a recent paper Rohde (2009) proposes a new functional form for estimating the Lorenz curve. This paper demonstrates that the model proposed by Rohde is a reparameterization of the model proposed by Aggarwal (1984). New and important properties of the model are established.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Sarabia, José María ; Prieto, Faustino ; Sarabia, María
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 107.2010, 2, p. 249-252
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Lorenz ordering Donaldson-Weymark-Kakwani and Pietra inequality indices Mixture

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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