FASTGINI: Stata module to calculate Gini coefficient with jackknife standard errors

Zurab Sajaia ()

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: fastgini calculates the Gini coefficient as well as its jackknife standard error. Mata is used to speed-up the process for exact calculations, and plus there's an option to aggregate data first and estimate Gini on the grouped data.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 9
Keywords: Gini coefficient; inequality; jackknife (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-02-16, Revised 2007-02-17
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install fastgini". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/f/fastgini.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/f/fastgini.hlp help file (text/plain)

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