
pmid: 26809384
Lifetime data is often right-censored. Recent literature on the Gini index estimation with censored data focuses on independent censoring. However, the censoring mechanism is likely to be dependent censoring in practice. This paper proposes two estimators of the Gini index under independent censoring and covariate-dependent censoring, respectively. The proposed estimators are consistent and asymptotically normal. We also evaluate the performance of our estimators in finite samples through Monte Carlo simulations. Finally, the proposed methods are applied to real data.
Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics, Censored data models, Estimation in survival analysis and censored data, Gini index, lifetime data, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Humans, independent censoring, Life Tables, Applications of statistics to economics, Monte Carlo Method, covariate-dependent censoring
Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics, Censored data models, Estimation in survival analysis and censored data, Gini index, lifetime data, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Humans, independent censoring, Life Tables, Applications of statistics to economics, Monte Carlo Method, covariate-dependent censoring
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