line.med {affluenceIndex} | R Documentation |
Medeiros's affluence line
Description
Computes the Medeiros's affluence line.
Usage
line.med(x, weight, k)
Arguments
x |
the income vector |
weight |
vector of weights |
k |
poverty line as a multiple of the median income |
Details
The Medeiros's affluence line is based on the concept of poverty gap related to a given poverty line (in the package this line is set as a defined by the user multiple of the median income). Based on the determined poverty gap, there is calculated the point where the income of the richest should be reduced in order to make possible enough transfers to cover this gap and eliminate poverty. The calculated point of income may be also presented as the multiple of the median income.
Value
median_inc |
the median income |
Gp |
the poverty gap |
rho_medeiros |
Medeiros's affluence line |
median_multiple |
Medeiros's affluence line as a multiple of the median |
Author(s)
Anna Saczewska-Piotrowska, Alicja Wolny-Dominiak
References
Medeiros M. (2006) The rich and the poor: The construction of an affluence line from the poverty line. Social Indicators Research, 78(1), pp. 1-18.
Examples
data(affluence)
line.med(affluence$income, affluence$hs_size, 0.6)