An alternative functional form for estimating the Lorenz curve

DOI10.1016/J.ECONLET.2009.05.015zbMath1179.91213OpenAlexW2089042950MaRDI QIDQ1046254

Nicholas Rohde

Publication date: 21 December 2009

Published in: Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/33921

zbMATH Keywords

Gini coefficientLorenz curveparametric form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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

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