Statistical Inference for Stochastic Dominance and for the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality

DOI10.1111/1468-0262.00167zbMath1055.91543OpenAlexW3121641555MaRDI QIDQ4530991

Jean-Yves Duclos, Russell Davidson

Publication date: 28 May 2002

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.lisdatacenter.org/wps/liswps/181.pdf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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