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Measuring earnings inequality in South Africa using household survey and administrative tax microdata
Kerr, Andrew - 2021
administrative tax microdata to describe earnings inequality in South Africa. I estimate Gini coefficients, the variance of log … earnings, and various percentile ratios to document changes in earnings inequality. I show that earnings inequality estimates …-firm differences to overall earnings inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651153
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Measuring earnings inequality in South Africa using household survey and administrative tax microdata
Kerr, Andrew - 2021
administrative tax microdata to describe earnings inequality in South Africa. I estimate Gini coefficients, the variance of log … earnings, and various percentile ratios to document changes in earnings inequality. I show that earnings inequality estimates …-firm differences to overall earnings inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012513141
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Hybrid multiple imputation in a large scale complex survey
Razzak, Humera; Heumann, Christian - In: Statistics in transition : an international journal of … 20 (2019) 4, pp. 33-58
Large-scale complex surveys typically contain a large number of variables measured on an even larger number of respondents. Missing data is a common problem in such surveys. Since usually most of the variables in a survey are categorical, multiple imputation requires robust methods for modelling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012158128
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Addressing soil quality data gaps with imputation : evidence from Ethiopia and Uganda
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Carletto, Calogero; Gourlay, Sydney; … - 2024
Monitoring soil quality provides indispensable inputs for effective policy advice, but very few poorer countries can implement high-quality surveys on soil. We offer an alternative, low-cost imputation-based approach to generating various soil quality indicators. The estimation results validate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014557745
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Addressing soil quality data gaps with imputation : evidence from Ethiopia and Uganda
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Carletto, Calogero; Gourlay, Sydney; … - 2024
Monitoring soil quality provides indispensable inputs for effective policy advice, but very few poorer countries can implement high-quality surveys on soil. We offer an alternative, low-cost imputation-based approach to generating various soil quality indicators. The estimation results validate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014550384
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The income distribution with coarse data
Daniels, Reza - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2008
How do you estimate poverty, inequality and earnings when the income variable consists of a combination of point …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563335
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Using linked survey and administrative data to better measure income : implications for poverty, program effectiveness and holes in the safety net
Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455266
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Using linked survey and administrative data to better measure income : implications for poverty, program effectiveness and holes in the safety net
Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - 2017
inequality statistics. We link administrative data for food stamps, TANF, General Assistance, and subsidized housing from New …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716177
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Monetary Policy and Inequality in the UK
Mumtaz, Haroon; Theophilopoulou, Angeliki - 2015
The UK has experienced a dramatic increase in earnings and income inequality over the past four decades. We use … monetary policy shocks lead to a deterioration in earnings and income inequality and contribute to its fluctuation. Our … detailed micro level information to construct historical measures of inequality from 1968 to 2008. We study whether monetary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380977
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Inequality of earnings
Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
This Paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the US over the … possible rationale for recent inequality developments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332733