Statistical inference for testing inequality indices with dependent samples

DOI10.1016/S0304-4076(00)00087-7MaRDI QIDQ5932781zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Buhong Zheng, Brian J. Cushing

Publication date 17 August 2001

Published in Journal of Econometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-4076(00)00087-7

zbMATH Keywords

dependent samplesgeneralized entropy indicesGini coefficientTheil indices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics (62E20) Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference (62G20) Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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