A method for estimating lorenz curves

DOI10.1080/03610929808832208zbMath0926.62115OpenAlexW2052533126MaRDI QIDQ4213999

Ali S. Hadi, José María Sarabia, Enrique F. Castillo

Publication date: 3 December 1998

Published in: Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610929808832208

zbMATH Keywords

robust estimationPareto distributionGini indexnonlinear least-squaresPietra indexincome inequality measureselemental percentile methodSpanish family income

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Nonparametric estimation (62G05) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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