A Cautionary Note on Estimating the Standard Error of the Gini Index of Inequality: Comment

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Journal: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Year: 2006
Volume: 68
Issue: 3
Pages: 395-396

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Abstract

We observe that care must be taken when using a regression‐based approach to construct a standard error for the Gini coefficient.

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RePEc Handle
repec:bla:obuest:v:68:y:2006:i:3:p:395-396
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General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25