Empirical likelihood-based inference for the generalized entropy class of inequality measures

Tahsin Mehdi and Thanasis Stengos

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 123, issue 1, 54-57

Abstract: We propose an empirical likelihood-based method of inference for comparing inequality between two populations. A series of Monte Carlo experiments are used to assess our method’s finite sample performance. We illustrate our approach using some Canadian household income data.

Keywords: Empirical likelihood; Inequality measures; Entropy class (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 C12 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.01.015

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