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About the exact and asymptotic distribution of the Gini coefficient
Vol. 16 No. 2 (2009), Articles
Vol. 16 No. 2 (2009)

About the exact and asymptotic distribution of the Gini coefficient

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https://doi.org/10.15517/rmta.v16i2.300
Published August 1, 2009
Pablo Martínez-Camblor
CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Subdirección de Salud Pública de Gipuzkoa, San Sebastián, España
Norberto Corral
Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Estadística e I.O. y D.M., Universidad de Oviedo, España
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Keywords

Gini Index
Exact Distribution
L-Statistics
Índice de Gini
Distribución Exacta
L-Estadísticos

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Martínez-Camblor, P., & Corral, N. (2009). About the exact and asymptotic distribution of the Gini coefficient. Revista De Matemática: Teoría Y Aplicaciones, 16(2), 199–204. https://doi.org/10.15517/rmta.v16i2.300
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Abstract

In this paper we deal with the distribution of the Gini Concentration Index (G). We derive its exact sample distribution which is useful only for small sample sizes and basing on the classic results for L-statistics of Egorov and Nevronov we prove the asymptotic normality for G from an original and probabilistic way.

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