Estimating the Lorenz curve and Gini index with right censored data: a Pólya tree approach

DOI10.1007/s40300-013-0009-9zbMath1302.62083OpenAlexW2055050421MaRDI QIDQ478479

Pietro Muliere, Chiara Gigliarano

Publication date: 3 December 2014

Published in: Metron (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40300-013-0009-9

zbMATH Keywords

Gini coefficientBayesian nonparametricsright censored dataLorenz curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Density estimation (62G07) Bayesian inference (62F15) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82) Estimation in survival analysis and censored data (62N02)

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