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This paper presents some statistical methods of income inequality analysis based on the theoretical income distribution models that are well-fitted to the empirical models. As theoretical curves, the lognormal, gamma, Burr Type XII, and the Dagum models were used. They were applied to the earnings distributions in Poland in the period of economic transformation from a centrally-planned to a market economy. On the basis of the Dagum model, showing the perfect consistency with the considered earnings distributions, the maximun likelihood estimators of inequality parameters and economic distance ratios between men and women were calculated.
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Domański, C., Jedrzejczak, A. Income inequality analysis in the period of economic transformation in poland. International Advances in Economic Research 8, 215–220 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02297959
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02297959