We use income data from tax registers at the Uganda Revenue Authority from 2011 to 2017 to estimate top income … inequality, focusing on the very top-the top 1, 0.1, and 0.01 per cent of the income distribution. The focus on the extreme top … is facilitated by access to population data on formal sector income. The microdata from tax registries, submitted monthly …

the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … suggest a new notion of equivalent income, the income level with which the individual would be as well off, evaluated using a …