The yitzhaki index is simply the average distance that separates the income of each individual from all higher incomes in the group. This book compiles examples of the most widely used tools in agricultural economics that have been developed and used to analyze the impact of global change in agricultural activity. Rd is commonly assessed with the yitzhaki index 15, 16, which captures both. Economic tools and methods for the analysis of global. Can i calculate the yitzhaki index of relative deprivation. Yitzhaki index is the cumulative difference between an individuals income and those with greater incomes within a reference group divided by the reference group size. Background lerman and yitzhaki 1985 show that the gini coefficient for total income, can be represented as. Stata module to perform gini decomposition by income source article pdf available october 2005 with 689 reads how we measure reads.
A stata module to decompose inequality using sampling. The yitzhaki index is simply the average distance that separates the. Of course, inequality indeces have different names across several fields. Can i calculate the yitzhaki index of relative deprivation without. The yitzhaki index of relative deprivation mathematically relates to the gini index of income inequality. Relative deprivation and episodes of drunkenness among french. I want to calculate yitzhakis 1979 index of relative deprivation for. If we scale the yitzhaki score to 01, then the average yitzhaki gini. Apply the yitzhaki index of relative deprivation to data on. Concentration indices measure inequality in one variable over the distribution of.
I want to calculate yitzhaki s 1979 index of relative deprivation for each individual within schools, the reference group. We introduce a userwritten stata command conindex which provides point estimates and standard errors of a range of concentration. We introduce a userwritten stata command conindex which provides point estimates. Statalist archive ordered by thread last updated sun mar 31 22. Income and social rank influence uk childrens behavioral problems. Concentration indices are frequently used to measure inequality in one variable over the distribution of another. Statistical analyses were conducted with stata version 14. Lerman and yitzhaki shown that the gini index can be written as follows. Dear statalist, my dataset contains a group variable schoolid and affluence variable fas. Kakwani 1980 and yitzhaki 1983 proposed a flexible extension of the. Pdf does income relate to health due to psychosocial or. Decomposition of the gini coefficient using stata ideasrepec. I did not find by searching yatzhaki but it is, in fact, the yitzhaki index of relative deprivation of individual affluence fast in a reference group schoolid. The yitzhaki index of relative deprivation mathematically relates to the gini index.