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

Abstract

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.

Authors

Vila R; Saulo H

Publication date

April 6, 2025

DOI

10.48550/arxiv.2504.04518

Preprint server

arXiv
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