Inference for S-Gini Poverty Indices
8 Pages Posted: 29 Sep 2005
Date Written: March 2005
Abstract
Kakwani (Econometrica, Vol. 48, No. 2, p. 437-446 (1980)) introduced the S-Gini poverty indices as a generalization of Sen's poverty index. I propose a sample estimator for the indices and establish its asymptotic normality under weak conditions. An explicit variance formula is presented. The poverty line is allowed to depend on the income distribution function.
Keywords: Pverty, Generalized Gini, Statistical Inference
JEL Classification: C40, I32
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Thuysbaert, Bram, Inference for S-Gini Poverty Indices (March 2005). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=808985 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.808985
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