Who does not respond in the household expenditure survey: An exercise in extended Gini regressions

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-344

  Schechtman, Edna ^a   Yitzhaki, Shlomo ^b   Artsev, Yevgeny ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b International Relations and Statistical Coordination Department   (Israel)

Author keywords

Extended gini; Nonresponse; Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949125779     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/00     Document Type: Article

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