A hierarchy of lorenz curves based on the generalized tukey's lambda distribution

DOI10.1080/07474939708800389zbMath0891.62090MaRDI QIDQ4355159

José María Sarabia

Publication date: 25 June 1998

Published in: Econometric Reviews (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/07474939708800389

zbMATH Keywords

estimation; Gini index; Lorenz curves; inequality measures; Pietra index; generalized Tukey's lambda distribution; classical Pareto Lorenz curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P20: Applications of statistics to economics

91B82: Statistical methods; economic indices and measures

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