A bottom poor sensitive Gini coefficient and maximum entropy estimation of income distributions

DOI10.1016/J.ECONLET.2012.11.018zbMath1268.91145OpenAlexW2052616367MaRDI QIDQ356608

Hang Keun Ryu

Publication date: 26 July 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2012.11.018

zbMATH Keywords

Gini coefficientmaximum entropy methodbonferroni indexwolfson polarization index

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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• Ethically flexible Gini indices for income distributions in the continuum
• Maximum entropy estimation of density and regression functions
• On an Extension of the Gini Inequality Index
• On a Class of Poverty Measures
• On Inequality Comparisons
• Maximum Entropy Estimation of Income Distributions from Bonferroni Indices

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