Asymptotic and bootstrap inference for inequality and poverty measures

DOI10.1016/j.jeconom.2007.01.009zbMath1418.62440MaRDI QIDQ288352

Emmanuel Flachaire, Russell Davidson

Publication date: 25 May 2016

Published in: Journal of Econometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00175929/file/Davidson_Flachaire_04.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

income distribution; poverty; bootstrap inference

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P20: Applications of statistics to economics

62F40: Bootstrap, jackknife and other resampling methods

62G09: Nonparametric statistical resampling methods

91B82: Statistical methods; economic indices and measures

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Uses Software

• ismev

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