STATISTICAL-INFERENCE FOR DECILE MEANS

Authors
BEACH CM CHOW KV FORMBY JP SLOTSVE GA
Citation
Cm. Beach et al., STATISTICAL-INFERENCE FOR DECILE MEANS, Economics letters, 45(2), 1994, pp. 161-167
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
45
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
161 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1994)45:2<161:SFDM>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
This paper provides a simple set of formulas to compute standard error s, variances, and covariances for a set of decile mean incomes. This f acilitates the statistical implementation of the Rank Dominance criter ion for comparing two income (or wealth) distributions.