Thanks to Kit Baum, a new package called -pshare- is available from SSC (released on July 3, updated on August 14).
-pshare- computes percentile shares of a distribution (from individual-level data). Percentile shares are often used in inequality research to study the distribution of income or wealth. -pshare- also provides tools for graphing the results.
A working paper with examples and methods is available from: https://ideas.repec.org/p/bss/wpaper/13.html
To install the package, type
Note that -moremata- is required by -pshare-. To install -moremata- type
Best,
ben
-pshare- computes percentile shares of a distribution (from individual-level data). Percentile shares are often used in inequality research to study the distribution of income or wealth. -pshare- also provides tools for graphing the results.
A working paper with examples and methods is available from: https://ideas.repec.org/p/bss/wpaper/13.html
To install the package, type
:
. ssc install pshare
:
. ssc install moremata . mata mata mlib index
ben