SKDECOMP: Stata module to estimate Shapley value of growth, price, and distribution components on changes in poverty indicators

Description

skdecomp implements the shapley value of Kolenikov and Shorrocks (2003) decomposition of changes in a welfare indicator into growth, distribution and price.

Suggested Citation

Bernardo Atuesta & Joao Pedro Azevedo & Andres Castaneda & Viviane Sanfelice, 2012. "SKDECOMP: Stata module to estimate Shapley value of growth, price, and distribution components on changes in poverty indicators," Statistical Software Components S457564, Boston College Department of Economics.

References

Shorrocks, A.; Kolenikov, S. A Decomposition Analysis of Regional Poverty in Russia,
Discussion Paper No. 2003/74 United Nations University, 2003.

Shorrocks, A. F. Decomposition procedures for distributional analysis: a unified framework
based on the Shapley value. Journal of Economic Inequality, 2012.

World Bank (2011) On The Edge Of Uncertainty: Poverty Reduction in Latin America and the
Caribbean during the Great Recession and Beyond. LAC Poverty and Labor Brief. World Bank:
Washington DC.   (link to publication)

Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s457564

Note:

This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install skdecomp". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

Keywords

Shapley decomposition; welfare measure;

Authors:

Bernardo Atuesta

Viviane Sanfelice

Andres Castanedas
World Bank

João Pedro Azevedo
jazevedo@worldbank.org
World Bank
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