TY - RPRT AU - Jenkins, Stephen P. TI - Inequality and the GB2 Income Distribution PY - 2007/Jun/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 2831 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2831 AB - The generalized entropy class of inequality indices is derived for Generalized Beta of the Second Kind (GB2) income distributions, thereby providing a full range of top-sensitive and bottom-sensitive measures. An examination of British income inequality in 1994/95 and 2004/05 illustrates the analysis. KW - Singh-Maddala distribution KW - GB2 distribution KW - inequality KW - generalized entropy indices KW - Dagum distribution KW - generalized Beta of the second kind distribution ER -