Reliable inference for the Gini index

DOI10.1016/J.JECONOM.2008.11.004MaRDI QIDQ302160zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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

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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