dalton {REAT}

Dalton Inequality Index

Description

Calculating the Dalton Inequality Index e.g. with respect to regional income

Usage

dalton(x, na.rm = TRUE)

Arguments

x

A numeric vector (e.g. dataset of regional income)

na.rm

logical argument that indicates whether NA values should be excluded before computing results

Details

The Dalton Inequality Index (\delta) can be used for economic inequality and/or regional disparities (Portnov/Felsenstein 2010).

Value

A single numeric value of the Dalton Inequality Index.

Author(s)

Thomas Wieland

References

Portnov, B.A./Felsenstein, D. (2010): “On the suitability of income inequality measures for regional analysis: Some evidence from simulation analysis and bootstrapping tests”. In: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 44, 4, p. 212-219.

See Also

cv, gini, gini2, herf, theil, hoover, coulter, dalton, disp

Examples

dalton (c(10,10,10,10))

dalton (c(10,0,0,0))

dalton (c(10,1,1,1))