Contrasting the Gini and Zenga indices of economic inequality

DOI10.1080/02664763.2012.740627OpenAlexW2113104757MaRDI QIDQ5128906FDOQ5128906

Authors: Francesca Greselin, Leo Pasquazzi, Ričardas Zitikis 

Publication date: 26 October 2020

Published in: Journal of Applied Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02664763.2012.740627

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zbMATH Keywords

confidence intervalGini indexLorenz curvepoint estimateZenga indexeconomic inequalityZenga curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistics (62-XX)

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