Arbeitspapier
Comparing Distributions of Ordinal Data
To compare distributions of ordinal data such as individuals' responses on Likert-type scale variables summarizing subjective well-being, we should not apply the toolbox of methods developed for cardinal variables such as income. Instead we should use an analogous toolbox which takes account of the ordinal nature of the responses. This paper reviews these methods and introduces a new Stata command ineqord for undertaking distributional comparisons. As the empirical illustrations demonstrate, ineqord can be used for dominance checks as well as for estimation of indices of polarization and inequality.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13057
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
General Welfare; Well-Being
- Subject
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inequality
ordinal data
subjective well-being
life satisfaction
Annual Population Survey
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Jenkins, Stephen P.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2020
- Handle
- Last update
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20.09.2024, 8:21 AM CEST
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Jenkins, Stephen P.
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2020
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