Given that the Lorenz curve is widely used for analyzing income distribution and inequality, this study introduces an alternative functional form for the Lorenz curve that is constructed based on the weighted average of the exponential function and the functional form implied by Pareto...

Die Disparitätsmessung hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten als Forschungsgegenstand und Anwendungsgebiet der Statistik eine ständig wachsende Bedeutung erlangt. Die bekanntesten Instrumente der klassischen Disparitätsmessung sind die Lorenzkurve und der Gini-Koeffizient. In der Arbeit wird...

Analysing the impact of agricultural performance on foreign trade concentration and competitiveness defines an important step in identifying the opportunities, challenges and proactive measures in designing a functional and marked based agricultural model. The scope of this study is to...

The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extended by the United Nations has been both widely used and strongly criticized. The criticisms raise questions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general. The authors develop techniques to deal with...