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Identification and Estimation of Distributional Impacts of Interventions Using Changes in Inequality Measures

Firpo, Sergio - 2010

This paper presents semiparametric estimators of distributional impacts of interventions (treatment) when selection to the program is based on observable characteristics. Distributional impacts of a treatment are calculated as differences in inequality measures of the potential outcomes of...

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An Essay on Real Wage Index Numbers

Pencavel, John H. - 2011

Real wage index numbers have been used to measure movements in the standard of living of the typical worker. This paper … describes some of these indicators for the United States and England. A new real wage index is proposed that resembles the … sliding scale used to adjust wages in certain industries years ago. This new index is applied to U.S. manufacturing industry …

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Getting the Measure of Inequality

Jenkins, Stephen - 2022

I focus on one of the most-commonly-cited 'facts'; about UK income inequality â that it has changed little over the last 30 years â and reflect on how robust that description is. I look at a number of fundamental issues in inequality measurement related to inequality concepts (e.g., inequality...

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Revisiting the Income-Health Nexus : The Importance of Choosing the 'Right' Indicator

Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2010

We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...

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Robust Inequality Comparisons

Aaberge, Rolf - 2010

This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking Lorenz curves in situations where the Lorenz curves intersect and no unambiguous ranking can be attained without introducing weaker ranking criteria than first-degree Lorenz dominance. To deal with such situations Aaberge (2009) introduced two...

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On the Measurement of Long-Term Income Inequality and Income Mobility

Aaberge, Rolf - 2010

This paper proposes a two-step aggregation method for measuring long-term income inequality and income mobility, where mobility is defined as an equalizer of long-term income. The first step consists of aggregating the income stream of each individual into a measure of permanent income, which...

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A Goodness-of-Fit Approach to Estimating Equivalence Scales

Biewen, Martin - 2013

We use income satisfaction data in order to estimate equivalence scales. Our method differs from previous attempts to use satisfaction data for this purpose in that it can be used to estimate or evaluate any given parametric equivalence scale. It can also be employed to investigate specific...

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Ranking Intersecting Lorenz Curves

Aaberge, Rolf - 2021

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A New Framework for the Analysis of Inequality

Cunha, Flávio - 2008

This paper presents a new framework for analyzing inequality that moves beyond the anonymity postulate. We estimate the determinants of sectoral choice and the joint distributions of outcomes across sectors. We determine which components of realized earnings variability are due to uncertainty...

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The Inequality-Growth Plateau

Henderson, Daniel J. - 2015

We examine the (potentially nonlinear) relationship between inequality and growth using a method which does not require an a priori assumption on the underlying functional form. This approach reveals a plateau completely missed by commonly used (nonlinear) parametric approaches - the economy...

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