A method for estimating Lorenz curves

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2037-2063

  Castillo, Enrique ^a   Hadi, Ali S ^b   Sarabia, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Elemental percentile method; Gini index; Income inequality measures; Non linear least squares; Parameter estimation; Pareto distribution; Pietra index; Robust estimation; Spanish family income

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038990901     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929808832208     Document Type: Article

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