Bias in Gini coefficient estimation for gamma mixture populations
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DOI: 10.1007/s00362-025-01768-w
Abstract: This paper examines the properties of the Gini coefficient estimator for gamma mixture populations and reveals the presence of bias. In contrast, we show that sampling from a gamma distribution yields an unbiased estimator, consistent… read more here.
Keywords: gini coefficient; gamma mixture; mixture populations;