conindex: Estimation of concentration indices

Stata Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 112-138

  O’Donnell, Owen ^a,b,c   O’Neill, Stephen ^d   Van Ourti, Tom ^a,b   Walsh, Brendan ^e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentration index; conindex; Health; Health care; Inequality; Rank dependent indices; st0427

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001022088     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: 15368734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x1601600112     Document Type: Article

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