Statistical Inference with Generalized Gini Indices of Inequality, Poverty, and Welfare
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics
- Vol. 27 (1) , 1-17
- https://doi.org/10.1198/jbes.2009.0001
Abstract
This article considers statistical inference for consistent estimators of generalized Gini indices of inequality, poverty, and welfare. Our method does not require grouping the population into a fi...Keywords
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