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:: Concentration and Inequality ::

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This free online calculator computes the following Concentration statistics: entropy, maximum entropy, normalized entropy, exponential index, Lorenz curve, Herfindahl index, Gini coefficient, and concentration coefficient. To be used with (absolute) frequencies.

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Cite this software as:
Wessa P., (2021), Concentration and Inequality (v1.0.2) in Free Statistics Software (v1.2.1), Office for Research Development and Education, URL http://www.wessa.net/rwasp_concentration.wasp/
The R code is based on :
F A Cowell: Measurement of Inequality, 2000, in A B Atkinson / F Bourguignon (Eds): Handbook of Income Distribution, Amsterdam
F A Cowell: Measuring Inequality, 1995 Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatshef
Marshall / Olkin: Inequalities: Theory of Majorization and Its Applications, New York 1979 (Aca- demic Press)
M Hall / N Tidemann: Measures of Concentration, 1967, JASA 62, 162-168
B C Arnold: Majorization and the Lorenz Order: A Brief Introduction, 1987, Springer
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To cite Wessa.net in publications use:
Wessa, P. (2024), Free Statistics Software, Office for Research Development and Education,
version 1.2.1, URL https://www.wessa.net/

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