REAT (version 3.0.3)

dalton: Dalton Inequality Index

Description

Calculating the Dalton Inequality Index e.g. with respect to regional income

Usage

dalton(x, na.rm = TRUE)

Arguments

x

A numeric vector (e.g. dataset of regional income)

na.rm

logical argument that indicates whether NA values should be excluded before computing results

Value

A single numeric value of the Dalton Inequality Index.

Details

The Dalton Inequality Index (\(\delta\)) can be used for economic inequality and/or regional disparities (Portnov/Felsenstein 2010).

References

Portnov, B.A./Felsenstein, D. (2010): “On the suitability of income inequality measures for regional analysis: Some evidence from simulation analysis and bootstrapping tests”. In: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 44, 4, p. 212-219.

See Also

cv, gini, gini2, herf, theil, hoover, coulter, dalton, disp

Examples

# NOT RUN {
dalton (c(10,10,10,10))

dalton (c(10,0,0,0))

dalton (c(10,1,1,1))
# }