The Lorenz curve in economics and econometrics

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This paper surveys selected applications of the Lorenz curve and related stochastic orders in economics and econometrics, with a bias towards problems in statistical distribution theory. These include characterizations of income distributions in terms of families of inequality measures, Lorenz ordering of multiparameter distributions in terms of their parameters, probability inequalities for distributions of quadratic forms, and Condorcet jury theorems.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Technical Report ; No. 2005,30

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Lorenz curve ; Lorenz order ; majorization ; income distribution ; income inequality ; statistical distributions ; characterizations ; Lorenz-Kurve ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kleiber, Christian
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Universität Dortmund, Sonderforschungsbereich 475 - Komplexitätsreduktion in Multivariaten Datenstrukturen
• (where): Dortmund
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/22620
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET