Calculating a standard error for the Gini coefficient: Some further results

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 425-433

  Giles, David E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 3242756678     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2004.00086.x     Document Type: Review

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