atkinson {acid}

Atkinson Inequality Index

Description

This function computes the Atkinson inequality index for a vector of observations.

Usage

atkinson(x, epsilon = 1)

Arguments

x

a vector of observations.

epsilon

inequality aversion parameter as denoted by Atkinson (1970). The default is epsilon=1.

Value

returns the selected Atkinson inequality index.

Author(s)

Alexander Sohn

References

Atkinson, A.B. (1970): On the Measurment of Inequality, in: Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 2(3), pp. 244-263.

See Also

ineq

Examples

x <- c(541, 1463, 2445, 3438, 4437, 5401, 6392, 8304, 11904, 22261)
atkinson(x)