affluenceIndex (version 2.2)

r.fgt.sub: Convex measure of affluence in subpopulation

Description

Computes the measure of affluence in subpopulation analogous to the convex version of Foster, Greer and Thorbecke (1984) family of poverty indices.

Usage

r.fgt.sub(x.sub, x, weight.sub, weight, k, alpha)

Value

r

values of the sum in the index formula

r.fgt

the value of index

Arguments

x

income vector of subpopulation

x.sub

income vector of population

weight.sub

weight vector of subpopulation

weight

weight vector of population

k

multiple of the median income

alpha

parameter of the index: alpha > 1

Author

Alicja Wolny-Dominiak, Anna Saczewska-Piotrowska

References

1. Foster J.E., Greer J., Thorbecke E. (1984) A class of decomposable poverty measures. Econometrica, 52, pp. 761-766.
2. Peichl A., Schaefer T., Scheicher C. (2008) Measuring richness and poverty - A micro data application to Europe and Germany. IZA Discussion Paper No. 3790, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).

See Also

r.fgt

Examples

data(affluence)
affluence$weight <- rep(1, nrow(affluence))
aff.sub <- subset(affluence, education == 2)
r.fgt.sub(aff.sub$income, affluence$income, aff.sub$weight, affluence$weight, 2, 1)