Resistant Modelling of Income Distributions and Inequality Measures

Ronchetti, Elvezio; Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia

doi:10.1515/9781400851607.287

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Resistant Modelling of Income Distributions and Inequality Measures

ContributorsRonchetti, Elvezio

; Victoria-Feser, Maria-Pia

Published inD. R. Brillinger, L. T. Fernholz and S. Morgenthaler (Ed.), The Practice of Data Analysis: Essays in Honor of John W. Tukey, p. 287-298

PublisherPrinceton : Princeton University Press

Publication date1997

Abstract

We review the use and the interpretation of some robustness concepts and techniques in some economic applications. We focus on estimation techniques in income distribution analysis and we discuss the reliability of inequality measures.

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Faculté d'économie et de management / Research Center for Statistics

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RONCHETTI, Elvezio, VICTORIA-FESER, Maria-Pia. Resistant Modelling of Income Distributions and Inequality Measures. In: The Practice of Data Analysis: Essays in Honor of John W. Tukey. D. R. Brillinger, L. T. Fernholz and S. Morgenthaler (Ed.). Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1997. p. 287–298. doi: 10.1515/9781400851607.287

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DOI : 10.1515/9781400851607.287

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Resistant Modelling of Income Distributions and Inequality Measures

We review the use and the interpretation of some robustness concepts and techniques in some economic applications. We focus on estimation techniques in income distribution analysis and we discuss the reliability of inequality measures.

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