Reliable inference for the Gini index

DOI10.1016/J.JECONOM.2008.11.004zbMATH Open1429.91243OpenAlexW2153637311MaRDI QIDQ302160FDOQ302160

Authors: Russell Davidson 

Publication date: 4 July 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.11.004

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zbMATH Keywords

bootstrapGini indexjackknifedelta methodasymptotic inference

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Nonparametric statistical resampling methods (62G09) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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