Grouped data in the form of income shares have conventionally been used to estimate income inequality due to the lack of individual records. We provide guidance on the choice between parametric and nonparametric methods and its estimation, for which we develop the GB2group R package. We present...

Grouped data in the form of income shares have conventionally been used to estimate income inequality due to the lack of individual records. We provide guidance on the choice between parametric and nonparametric methods and its estimation, for which we develop the GB2group R package. We present...