There is a vast literature on the selection of an appropriate index of income inequality and on what desirable properties such a measure (or index) should contain. The Gini index is, of course, the most popular. There is a concurrent literature on the use of hypothetical statistical...

There is a vast literature on the selection of an appropriate index of income inequality and on what desirable properties such a measure (or index) should contain. The Gini index is, of course, the most popular. There is a concurrent literature on the use of hypothetical statistical...

This paper extends maximum entropy estimation of discrete probabilitydistributions to the continuous case. This transition leads to a nonparametricestimation of a probability density function, preserving the maximumentropy principle. Furthermore, the derived density estimate providesa minimum...