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Combining administrative and survey data to improve income measurement
Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - 2019
We describe methods of combining administrative and survey data to improve the measurement of income. We begin by … error from weighting), item non-response or imputation error, and measurement error. We then discuss these three sources of … the potential of linked data by showing how using linked administrative variables improves the measurement of income and …
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Towards an economics of well-being
McGregor, J. Allister; Pouw, Nicky - In: Cambridge journal of economics 41 (2017) 4, pp. 1123-1142
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Pro-poor price trends and inequality : the case of India
Almås, Ingvild; Kjelsrud, Anders - 2016
It is well known that people’s consumption patterns change with income. Relative price changes therefore affect rich and poor consumers differently. Yet, the standard price indices are not income-specific and hence, the use of these mask these differences in cost-of-living. In this paper, we...
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Vulnerability to poverty : Tajikistan during and after the global financial crisis
Gang, Ira N.; Gatskova, Kseniia; Landon-Lane, John S.; … - 2016
We examine vulnerability to poverty in Tajikistan during the global financial crisis, focusing on the roles played by international migration and remittances, using a formal, practical, and easily decomposable vulnerability measure. Our strategy is to estimate a Markov transition probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502647
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Vulnerability to poverty : Tajikistan during and after the global financial crisis
Gang, Ira N.; Gatskova, Kseniia; Landon-Lane, John S.; … - 2016
We examine vulnerability to poverty in Tajikistan during the global financial crisis, focusing on the roles played by international migration and remittances, using a formal, practical, and easily decomposable vulnerability measure. Our strategy is to estimate a Markov transition probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011516589
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A methodological note on the measurement of labor income in Mexico
Campos Vázquez, Raymundo M.; Lustig, Nora; Santillán, … - In: Estudios económicos 29 (2014) 1, pp. 107-123
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Vulnerability to poverty : Tajikistan during and after the global financial crisis
Gang, Ira N.; Gatskova, Kseniia; Landon-Lane, John S.; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542081
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Rethinking the measurement of the middle class : evidence from Egypt
Abu-Ismail, Khalid; Sarangi, Niranjan - 2015
The degree of choice households have over their consumption expenditure is critical in deciding their economic class. Applying our measure to Egyptian household budget surveys, we estimate the population size of the middle class in Egypt and assess their well-being in the period 1995-2011. Our...
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The capability threshold : re-examining the definition of the middle class in an unequal developing country
Burger, Ronelle; McAravey, Camren; Berg, Servaas van der - 2015
In a polarised and highly unequal country such as South Africa, it is unlikely that a definition of the middle class that is based on an income threshold will adequately capture the political and social meanings of being middle class. We therefore propose a multi-dimensional definition, rooted...
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Multidimensional equality of opportunity in the United States
Hufe, Paul; Kobus, Martyna; Peichl, Andreas; Schüle, Paul - 2022
measurement approach that allows us to target the joint distribution of income and wealth. We show that inequality of opportunity …
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