Héctor Manuel Ramos Romero

La distribución hipergeométrica como binomial de Poisson

ResumenEn este trabajo demostramos que toda distribución hipergeométricaH(N, X,n) puede ser descrita como suma de pruebas independientes con probabilidades de éxito distintas entre sí. Tal distribución recibe habitualmente el nombre de binomial de Poisson o binomial generalizada.AbstractWe prove in this paper that any Hypergeometric distributionH(N,X,n) may be described as a sum of independent trials with unequal probabilities. Such a distribution is usually called Poisson-Binomial or Generalized-Binomial distribution.

On a property of Lorenz curves with monotone elasticity and its application to the study of inequality by using tax data

The Lorenz curve is the most widely used graphical tool for describing and comparing inequality of income distributions. In this paper, we show that the elasticity of this curve is an indicator of the effect, in terms of inequality, of a truncation of the income distribution. As an application, we consider tax returns as equivalent to the truncation from below of a hypothetical income distribution. Then, we replace this hypothetical distribution by the income distribution obtained from a general household survey and use the dual Lorenz curve to anticipate this effect.