Estimation of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson inequality indices from complex survey data

Martin Biewen and Stephen P. Jenkins

Applying a method suggested by Woodruff (1971), we derive the sampling variances of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson inequality indices when estimated from complex survey data. It turns out that this method also greatly simplifies the calculations for the i.i.d. case when compared to previous derivations in the literature. Both cases are illustrated with examples from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and the British Household Panel Survey.

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Year of publication:	May 2003 ; This version: 11 April 2003
Authors:	Biewen, Martin ; Jenkins, Stephen
Publisher:	Berlin, Germany : DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research
Subject:	Inequality \| Statistical Inference \| Complex Surveys \| Konzentrationsmaß \| Concentration measurement \| Schätztheorie \| Estimation theory \| Panel \| Panel study \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Theorie \| Theory \| Großbritannien \| United Kingdom \| Deutschland \| Germany