The Asymptotic Distribution of the S–Gini Index

DOI10.1111/1467-842X.00245zbMath1073.62014MaRDI QIDQ4665418

Ričardas Zitikis, Joseph L. Gastwirth

Publication date: 11 April 2005

Published in: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic normality; exponential distribution; income distribution; strong consistency; Pareto distribution; \(L\)-statistic; economic inequality; \(S\)-Gini index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P20: Applications of statistics to economics

62E20: Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics

91B82: Statistical methods; economic indices and measures

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