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A Convenient Method of Computing the Gini Index and Its Standard Error

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  • Ogwang, Tomson, 2000. "A Convenient Method of Computing the Gini Index and Its Standard Error," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 62(1), pages 123-129, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:obuest:v:62:y:2000:i:1:p:123-29
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    20. David E. A. Giles, 2004. "Calculating a Standard Error for the Gini Coefficient: Some Further Results," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 66(3), pages 425-433, July.
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    25. Xiaofeng Lv & Gupeng Zhang & Xinkuo Xu & Qinghai Li, 2017. "Bootstrap-calibrated empirical likelihood confidence intervals for the difference between two Gini indexes," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 15(2), pages 195-216, June.

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