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econ.GN2024★ 4 cited

Quantifying fair income distribution in Thailand

Thitithep Sitthiyot, Kanyarat Holasut

Given a vast concern about high income inequality in Thailand as opposed to empirical findings around the world showing people's preference for fair income inequality over unfair i…

econ.GN2024★ 2 cited

A simple method for joint evaluation of skill in directional forecasts of multiple variables

Thitithep Sitthiyot, Kanyarat Holasut

Forecasts for key macroeconomic variables are almost always made simultaneously by the same organizations, presented together, and used together in policy analyses and decision-mak…

econ.GN2022★ 3 cited

A quantitative method for benchmarking fair income distribution

Thitithep Sitthiyot, Kanyarat Holasut

Concern about income inequality has become prominent in public discourse around the world. However, studies in behavioral economics and psychology have consistently shown that peop…

econ.GN2021★ 45 cited

A simple method for estimating the Lorenz curve

Thitithep Sitthiyot, Kanyarat Holasut

Given many popular functional forms for the Lorenz curve do not have a closed-form expression for the Gini index and no study has utilized the observed Gini index to estimate param…

econ.GN2021★ 156 cited

A simple method for measuring inequality

Thitithep Sitthiyot, Kanyarat Holasut

To simultaneously overcome the limitation of the Gini index in that it is less sensitive to inequality at the tails of income distribution and the limitation of the inter-decile ra…