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Robust Estimation of the Theil Index and the Gini Coeffient for Small Areas Cover

Robust Estimation of the Theil Index and the Gini Coeffient for Small Areas

Journal of Official Statistics
Volume 37 (2021): Issue 4 (December 2021)
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|Dec 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2021-0041 | Journal eISSN: 2001-7367
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Language: English
Page range: 955 - 979
Submitted on: Oct 1, 2019
Accepted on: Jan 1, 2021
Published on: Dec 26, 2021
Published by: Sciendo
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Keywords:
Small area estimation,
M-quantile models,
inequality indicators
Related subjects:
Mathematics,
Probability and statistics

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