Estimation of inequality indices
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- Frank A Cowell, 1996. "Estimation of Inequality Indices," STICERD - Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers 25, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE.
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Inequality; asymptotic estimates; resampling; grouping; robustness;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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