SKDECOMP: Stata module to estimate Shapley value of growth, price, and distribution components on changes in poverty indicators
skdecomp implements the shapley value of Kolenikov and Shorrocks (2003) decomposition of changes in a welfare indicator into growth, distribution and price.
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)
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.
Shapley decomposition; welfare measure;
Bernardo Atuesta
Viviane Sanfelice
Andres Castanedas
World Bank
João Pedro Azevedo
jazevedo@worldbank.org
World Bank
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