Statistical Inference for Lorenz Curves with Censored Data

Frank Cowell () and Maria-Pia Victoria-Feser ()

STICERD - Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers from Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

Abstract: Lorenz curves and associated tools for ranking income distributions are commonly estimated on the assumption that full, unbiased samples are available. However, it is common to find income and wealth distributions that are routinely censored or trimmed. We derive the sampling distribution for a key family of statistics in the case where data have been modified in this fashion.

Keywords: Lorenz curve; sampling errors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-06
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Working Paper: Statistical inference for Lorenz curves with censored data (1998)
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