I have updated my program -povdeco- on SSC. To get the update, use -ssc install- or
-adoupdate-. The program description follows below.
The main change is that the program is now version 8.2 rather than version 5 (sic),
and the program is rclass. There is now a large(r) number of saved results in
r(..). Functionality is much the same as before. The old version of the program
has been retained (with different name; see below) for the convenience of users who
only have access to Stata versions 5 to 8.1.
Thanks to especially Nick Cox and Philippe Van Kerm for comments and suggestions.
Stephen Jenkins
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package povdeco from http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/p
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TITLE
'POVDECO': module to calculate poverty indices with decomposition by subgroup
DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
povdeco estimates three poverty indices from the Foster,
Greer and Thorbecke (1984) class, FGT(a), plus related
statistics (such as mean income amongst the poor). FGT(0) is
the headcount ratio (the proportion poor); FGT(1) is the
average normalised poverty gap; FGT(2) is the average
squared normalised poverty gap. The larger that a is, the
greater the degree of 'poverty aversion' (sensitivity to
large poverty gaps). Optionally provided are decompositions
of these indices by population subgroup. This version is
for Stata versions 8.2 onwards. For versions 5 to 8.1, use
povdeco5 instead.
Author: Stephen P. Jenkins, University of Essex
Support: email [email protected]
Distribution-Date: 20060901
INSTALLATION FILES (type net install povdeco)
povdeco.ado
povdeco.hlp
povdeco5.ado
povdeco5.hlp
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(type -ssc install povdeco- to install)
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Professor Stephen P. Jenkins <[email protected]>
Institute for Social and Economic Research
University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, U.K.
Tel: +44 1206 873374. Fax: +44 1206 873151.
http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk
Survival Analysis using Stata:
http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/teaching/degree/stephenj/ec968/
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