r.fgt.sub {affluenceIndex} | R Documentation |
Convex measure of affluence in subpopulation
Description
Computes the measure of affluence in subpopulation analogous to the convex version of Foster, Greer and Thorbecke (1984) family of poverty indices.
Usage
r.fgt.sub(x.sub, x, weight.sub, weight, k, alpha)
Arguments
x |
income vector of subpopulation |
x.sub |
income vector of population |
weight.sub |
weight vector of subpopulation |
weight |
weight vector of population |
k |
multiple of the median income |
alpha |
parameter of the index: |
Value
r |
values of the sum in the index formula |
r.fgt |
the value of index |
Author(s)
Alicja Wolny-Dominiak, Anna Saczewska-Piotrowska
References
1. Foster J.E., Greer J., Thorbecke E. (1984) A class of decomposable poverty measures. Econometrica, 52, pp. 761-766.
2. Peichl A., Schaefer T., Scheicher C. (2008) Measuring richness and poverty - A micro data application to Europe and Germany. IZA Discussion Paper No. 3790, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
See Also
Examples
data(affluence)
affluence$weight <- rep(1, nrow(affluence))
aff.sub <- subset(affluence, education == 2)
r.fgt.sub(aff.sub$income, affluence$income, aff.sub$weight, affluence$weight, 2, 1)
[Package affluenceIndex version 2.1 Index]