On the bias of the Gini coefficient estimator for zero-truncated Poisson distributions

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Autori principali: Vila, Roberto, Saulo, Helton
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author Vila, Roberto
Saulo, Helton
author_facet Vila, Roberto
Saulo, Helton
contents This paper analyzes the Gini coefficient estimator for zero-truncated Poisson populations, revealing the presence of bias, and provides a mathematical expression for the bias, along with a bias-corrected estimator, which is evaluated using Monte Carlo simulation methods.
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spellingShingle On the bias of the Gini coefficient estimator for zero-truncated Poisson distributions
Vila, Roberto
Saulo, Helton
Methodology
Statistics Theory
60E05, 62Exx, 62Fxx
This paper analyzes the Gini coefficient estimator for zero-truncated Poisson populations, revealing the presence of bias, and provides a mathematical expression for the bias, along with a bias-corrected estimator, which is evaluated using Monte Carlo simulation methods.
title On the bias of the Gini coefficient estimator for zero-truncated Poisson distributions
topic Methodology
Statistics Theory
60E05, 62Exx, 62Fxx
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.04518