Essays about: "Lorenz curve"

Found 4 essays containing the words Lorenz curve.

1. 1. Lorenz Curve for Profitable Insurance Portfolio Management

   University essay from KTH/Matematik (Avd.)

   Author : Gustaf Törner; Erik Sävenäs; [2023]
   Keywords : Lorenz curve; Gini index; multi-linerar regression analysis; Box-Cox; Insurance; Lorenzkurva; Gini index; multi-linjär regressionsanalys; Box-Cox; Försäkring;

   Abstract : Since its introduction by Max Otto Lorenz, the Lorenz curve has been utilizedin several financial contexts. By using regression analysis to approximate theclaim cost of policyholders, a vector consisting of policyholder characteristics canbe obtained. READ MORE

3. 2. Wealth Inequality : Analysis based on 21 EU countries

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Mengying Man; Meixuan Ren; [2019]
   Keywords : Wealth Inequality; Gini Index; Housing Price Index; Minimum Wage; Inflation Rate;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine how wealth inequality alters when macroeconomic factors such as housing price index, inflation rate, and minimum wage change. In the theoretical part, the potential connection between some macroeconomic factors and wealth inequality is described through the link of the Lorenz Curve and Pareto distribution. READ MORE

4. 3. Application of the Ordered Lorenz Curve in the Analysis of a Non-Life Insurance Portfolio

   University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

   Author : Fredrik Ahlberg; [2019]
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   Abstract : Insurance analysts have a great variety of assessment tools at their disposal in order to ensure a healthy insurance portfolio. To describe the financial income and loss distribution of the insurance portfolio one of the more fundamental mathematical instrument is the Lorenz curve. A measure developed in the early 19th centrury by Max O. READ MORE

5. 4. The Puzzle between Economic Growth and Income Inequality

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

   Author : Mahmoud Jamal; Omar Sayal; [2013]
   Keywords : Income inequality; economic growth; Gini index; Lorenz curve; Kuznets curve; cross-sectional;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate the correlation between income inequality and economic growth in a cross-section of 90 countries from 2002 to 2006. The controversial Kuznets Hypothesis, the economic model that hypothesizes the relationship between inequality and per capita income is an inverted U-shaped curve, is scrutinized and investigated to consider its viability and accuracy. READ MORE