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==External links== * [http://www.wider.unu.edu/research/Database/en_GB/database/ WIID] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313002049/http://www.wider.unu.edu/research/Database/en_GB/database/ |date=2011-03-13 }}: World Income Inequality Database, a source of information on inequality, collected by [[WIDER]] (World Institute for Development Economics Research, part of United Nations University) * [https://ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode/s366302.html glcurve]: [[Stata]] module to plot Lorenz curve (type "findit glcurve" or "ssc install glcurve" in Stata prompt to install) * [http://dasp.ecn.ulaval.ca/ Free add-on to STATA to compute inequality and poverty measures] * [https://archive.today/20121204174230/http://www.wessa.net/co.wasp Free Online Software (Calculator)] computes the Gini Coefficient, plots the Lorenz curve, and computes many other measures of concentration for any dataset * Free Calculator: [http://www.poorcity.richcity.org/calculator.htm Online] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20041012085224/http://luaforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=49 downloadable scripts] ([[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[Lua programming language|Lua]]) for Atkinson, Gini, and Hoover inequalities * Users of the [http://www.r-project.org/ R] data analysis software can install the "ineq" package which allows for computation of a variety of inequality indices including Gini, Atkinson, Theil. * A [http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/loadFile.do?objectId=19968 MATLAB Inequality Package] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004090028/http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/loadFile.do?objectId=19968 |date=2008-10-04 }}, including code for computing Gini, Atkinson, Theil indexes and for plotting the Lorenz Curve. Many examples are available. * A [https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXe2E1Mm09WIZGhzazhxaDRfMjUzZ25nMjdkZzY&hl=en complete handout] about the Lorenz curve including various applications, including an [https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B3e2E1Mm09WIMzQ1ODg5MDgtZjgwNi00NmU1LTgyNmMtZDRhZTYyMTRiYzlk&export=download&hl=en Excel spreadsheet] graphing Lorenz curves and calculating Gini coefficients as well as coefficients of variation. * [http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/cfd@dmu.dk LORENZ 3.0 ] is a [[Mathematica]] notebook which draw sample Lorenz curves and calculates [[Gini coefficient]]s and [[Lorenz asymmetry coefficient]]s from data in an Excel sheet. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorenz Curve}} [[Category:Economics curves]] [[Category:Welfare economics]] [[Category:Statistical charts and diagrams]] [[Category:Income inequality metrics]]
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