M-quantile models with application to poverty mapping

Statistical Methods and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-411

  Tzavidis, Nikos ^a   Salvati, Nicola ^b   Pratesi, Monica ^b   Chambers, Ray ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distribution function; Inequality measure; Poverty assessment; Quantile regression; Robust inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249141286     PISSN: 16182510     EISSN: 1613981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10260-007-0070-8     Document Type: Article

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