The Interpolation of the Lorenz Curve and Gini Index from Grouped Data

DOI10.2307/1913977MaRDI QIDQ4098567zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Joseph L. Gastwirth, Marcia Glauberman

Publication date 1976

Published in Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/1913977

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical smoothing, curve fitting (65D10) Numerical interpolation (65D05)

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(9)

• Determination of the beta distribution from its Lorenz curve
• An alternative functional form for estimating the Lorenz curve
• Asymptotic estimation of the \(E\)-Gini index
• The effect of using grouped data on the estimation of the Gini income elasticity.
• Histogram-Based Interpolation of the Lorenz Curve and Gini Index for Grouped Data
• Some conceptual and statistical issues on measurement of poverty
• A new functional form for approximating the Lorenz curve
• On uniformly consistent estimation of parametric lorenz curves
• Bounds for Gini's mean difference based on first four moments, with some applications

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