inequality: Inequality Measurement, Decomposition, and Poverty Analysis

Tools for measuring income and wealth inequality. Computes the Gini coefficient with bootstrap or asymptotic confidence intervals following Davidson (2009) <doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.09.011>, the extended S-Gini family, Theil T and L indices (generalised entropy family), the Atkinson index, the Kolm absolute inequality index, Palma ratio, Hoover index, percentile ratios, and Lorenz curves. Supports between-within group decomposition following Bourguignon (1979) <doi:10.2307/1914138>, income share tabulation, concentration indices for health inequality with Erreygers (2009) correction, Kakwani tax progressivity and Reynolds-Smolensky redistribution indices, Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures including the Sen index, growth incidence curves following Ravallion and Chen (2003) <doi:10.1016/S0165-1765(02)00205-7>, and Wolfson polarisation. All functions accept optional survey weights and work with data from any source.

Version:	0.1.0
Depends:	R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports:	cli (≥ 3.6.0), grDevices, graphics, stats
Suggests:	testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published:	2026-04-20
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.inequality (may not be active yet)
Author:	Charles Coverdale [aut, cre]
Maintainer:	Charles Coverdale <charlesfcoverdale at gmail.com>
BugReports:	https://github.com/charlescoverdale/inequality/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://github.com/charlescoverdale/inequality
NeedsCompilation:	no
Language:	en-US
Materials:	NEWS
CRAN checks:	inequality results

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Reference manual:

inequality.html , inequality.pdf

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Package source:	inequality_0.1.0.tar.gz
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