Confidence Intervals of Gini Coefficient Under Unequal Probability Sampling

• Yves G. Berger ^[1] ; İklim Gedik Balay ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Southampton

     University of Southampton

     GB.ENG.M4.24UJ, Reino Unido

     
  2. [2] Yıldırım Beyazıt University

     Yıldırım Beyazıt University

     Turquía

     
• Localización: Journal of official statistics, ISSN 0282-423X, Vol. 36, Nº. 2, 2020, págs. 237-249
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.2478/jos-2020-0013
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  • We propose an estimator for the Gini coefficient, based on a ratio of means. We show how bootstrap and empirical likelihood can be combined to construct confidence intervals. Our simulation study shows the estimator proposed is usually less biased than customary estimators. The observed coverages of the empirical likelihood confidence interval proposed are also closer to the nominal value.