A hierarchy of lorenz curves based on the generalized tukey's lambda distribution

DOI10.1080/07474939708800389zbMath0891.62090OpenAlexW1997672184MaRDI QIDQ4355159

José María Sarabia

Publication date: 25 June 1998

Published in: Econometric Reviews (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/07474939708800389

zbMATH Keywords

estimationGini indexLorenz curvesinequality measuresPietra indexgeneralized Tukey's lambda distributionclassical Pareto Lorenz curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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