Statistical properties of generalized Gini coefficient with application to health inequality measurement

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-258

  Lai, Dejian ^a,b   Huang, Jin ^a   Risser, Jan M ^a   Kapadia, Asha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Health inequality; Simulation; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42649131390     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9170-y     Document Type: Article

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