The legacy of Corrado Gini in survey sampling and inequality theory

Yves Tillé

METRON, 2016, vol. 74, issue 2, No 3, 167-176

Abstract: Abstract We present two seminal contributions of Corrado Gini on the theory of survey sampling and the theory of inequalities: the idea of balanced sampling and the Gini inequality index. These contributions have contributed to the development of a fertile field of research.

Keywords: Balanced sampling; Gini index; History of statistics; Variance estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s40300-016-0090-y

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