A cautionary note on estimating the standard error of the gini index of inequality

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 391-393

  Ogwang, Tomson ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33745324830     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00168.x     Document Type: Review

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