Pen                   package:ineq                   R Documentation

_P_e_n'_s _P_a_r_a_d_e

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     plots Pen's Parade of a vector 'x'

_U_s_a_g_e:

     Pen(x, main="Pen's Parade", ylab=expression(x[(i)]/bar(x)),
         xlab=expression(i/n), col=4, lwd=2, las=1, ...)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       x: a vector containing non-negative elements.

main, ylab, xlab, col, lwd, las, ...: high-level 'plot' function
          parameters.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     Pen's Parade is basically the inverse distribution function
     (standardized by 'mean(x)').

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Achim Zeileis zeileis@ci.tuwien.ac.at

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     F A Cowell: Measurement of Inequality, 2000, in A B Atkinson / F
     Bourguignon (Eds): Handbook of Income Distribution, Amsterdam,

     F A Cowell: Measuring Inequality, 1995 Prentice Hall/Harvester
     Wheatshef,

     J Pen: Income Distribution, 1971, Harmondsworth: Allen Lane.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'Lc', 'plot.Lc'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     # load and attach Philippine income data
     data(Ilocos)
     attach(Ilocos)
     # plot Pen's Parade of income
     Pen(income)

