Censoring from above is a common problem with wage information as the reported wages are typically top-coded for confidentiality reasons. In administrative databases the information is often collected only up to a pre-specified threshold, for example, the contribution limit for the social...

Traditional income distribution models, such as the classical lognormal, often fail to capture upper-tail behavior, a limitation that becomes more evident during periods of inflation and structural economic change. These weaknesses can lead to an underestimation of top-income concentration and...

Eurostat, the OECD and 48 participating countries work together in establishing purchasing power parities, or PPPs, in order to compare the price and volume levels of GDP. This programme is called the Eurostat- OECD PPP Programme. The Methodological Manual, 2023 edition, gives a complete,...

Eurostat, the OECD and 48 participating countries work together in establishing purchasing power parities, or PPPs, in order to compare the price and volume levels of GDP. This programme is called the Eurostat- OECD PPP Programme. The Methodological Manual, 2023 edition, gives a complete,...

The European Dactyloscopy Database (Eurodac) is the large-scale IT system used in the EU for managing asylum applications within the EU+2, as illustrated in Figure 1. The system allows fingerprint comparison and storage, and therefore supports the effective implementation of Regulation (EU) No...

Public health policies need reliable data on health status, health care use and health determinants from population surveys for all Member States. The European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) is the instrument to collect such information. The first wave of EHIS level was launched under a...