Yitzhaki Index

[emanuele fedeli]

Dear,

I need just an information.

Is there a routine to run Yitzhaki Index (material deprivation index) ?

Yitzhaki Index is the Cumulative difference between an individual’s income and those with greater incomes within a reference group divided by the reference group size.


I tried to find something in previous posts. Of course, inequality indeces have different names across several fields. Can you suggest me something? I thought to use modify a Gini index.


thanks in advance
emanuele

[Phil Bromiley]

You didn't get a quick answer. You'll increase your chances of a useful answer by following the FAQ on asking questions - provide Stata code in code delimiters, readable Stata output, and sample data using dataex (which you do). Note also that most of us are not from your area - you'll increase your chances of a useful answer by explaining in general terms.

If you can define the reference group, egen with a by condition will let you create means for different groups. But this all depends on your precise data structure.