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Unequal expectations : gender inequality in the salary expectations of university students
Gradín, Carlos; Mambo, Felix; Paris, Yonesse; Santos, … - 2020
Mozambican university students prior to their transition to the labour market. The measurements of segmentation, stratification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012233727
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New imputation procedures in the measurement of inequality, growth, and poverty in Brazil
Hecksher, Marcos; Neri, Marcelo Cortes; Silva, Pedro … - 2018
This paper develops a new imputation methodology applied to missing incomes values in PNAD. PNAD is the main Brazilian household survey, but it has no imputation. The imputation process starts by fitting regression models applied to different income sources considering the complex sampling...
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Differences in inequality measurement : Ghana case study
Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica; Osei, … - 2023
Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently … extent to which estimates of Gini coefficients from the WIID Companion are consistent with and add to the prevailing … understanding of inequality in Ghana. To this end, we review the primary source of data for the three main Gini series on Ghana …
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Simulating personal income tax in South Africa using administrative data and survey data : a comparison of PITMOD and SAMOD for tax year 2018
Steyn, Wynnona; Sithole, Alexius; Ngobeni, Winile; … - 2021
In this paper we explore South Africa's personal income tax system using two microsimulation models. The first, SAMOD, simulates personal income tax and social benefits using a dataset derived from the nationally representative National Income Dynamics Study survey. The second, PITMOD, simulates...
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Exploring the quality of income data in two African household surveys for the purpose of tax-benefit microsimulation modelling : imputing employment income in Tanzania and Zambia
McLennan, David; Noble, Michael; Wright, Gemma Clare; … - 2021
The quality of data on employment income is explored using Tanzanian and Zambian household survey datasets. The extent of missing and implausible income data is assessed and four different methods are applied to impute missing or implausible values. The four imputation methods are also applied...
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Analysis of the distributional effects of COVID19 and state-led remedial measures in South Africa
Barnes, Helen; Espi-Sanchis, Gabriel; Leibbrandt, Murray V. - 2021
This paper explores the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa on income poverty and inequality in South Africa. Using a static tax-benefit microsimulation model with input datasets that were adjusted to reflect people's earned incomes just before the pandemic (March...
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The effect of fiscal drag on income distribution and work incentives : a microsimulation analysis on selected African countries
Shahir, Adnan Abdulaziz; Figari, Francesco - 2021
Although the effect of fiscal drag is well studied in the industrialized world, empirical evidence from developing economies remains limited. Against this backdrop, this study aims to explore the effect of fiscal drag on income distribution and work incentives. To this end, the study employs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665381
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A new inequality estimate for urban India? : using house prices to estimate inequality in Mumbai
Rongen, Gerton - 2018
combining survey data with house price data. However, application of this method does not indicate that the survey-based Gini …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962529
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Top income adjustments and tax reforms in Ecuador
Jara, H. Xavier; Oliva, Nicolás - 2018
income tax revenue in our simulations. Moreover, income inequality measured by the Gini coefficient increases by 3 points …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947058
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Assessing the quality of the income data used in SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model
Wright, Gemma Clare; Barnes, Helen; Noble, Michael; … - 2018
In this paper we explore the income data in two surveys that underpin a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model. The simulated taxes and benefits using each dataset are compared with each other and with administrative data for a common time point. We explore discrepancies between the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947103