Based on the three-parametric Lorenz curve proposed by Kakwani (1980), this paper builds a multiple linear regression model to estimate the parameters by the weighted least square method named the ...

Inequality among people has become an increasingly salient issue globally, with data indicating a rise in inequality levels across many countries in recent years. This, in turn, has generated concerns ...

People are living longer lives compared to previous generations but, over the last few decades, there has been a hidden shift — they are passing away at increasingly similar ages. This is a trend ...

To simultaneously overcome the limitation of the Gini index in that it is less sensitive to inequality at the tails of income distribution and the limitation of the inter-decile ratios that ignore ...