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new dataset of consistent inequality series,allowing us to explore problems of measurement error. In addition, the new … estimate the entire income distribution; computing alternativeinequality indexes and poverty estimates. Finally, we have used … our broad1y comparabledataset to examine international patterns of inequality and poverty. …
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This paper proposes a new approach for analyzing the relationship between macroeconomic factors and the income distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment and inflation rates. Building on the lessons from...
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datasets. The result is a new dataset of consistent inequality series, allowing them to explore problems of measurement error … poverty estimates. Finally, the authors use their broadly comparable dataset to examine international patterns of inequality … and poverty …
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This paper proposes a new approach for analyzing the relationship between macroeconomic factors and the income distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment and inflation rates. Building on the lessons from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001635474
This paper proposes a new approach for analyzing the relationship between macroeconomic factors and the income distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment and inflation rates. Building on the lessons from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403817
This paper uses Japanese data which includes measures of self-declared satisfaction, reference-group income, and the direction and intensity of income comparisons. Relative to Europeans, the Japanese compare more to friends and less to colleagues, and compare their incomes more. The relationship...
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This paper uses Japanese data which includes measures of self-declared satisfaction, reference-group income, and the direction and intensity of income comparisons. Relative to Europeans, the Japanese compare more to friends and less to colleagues, and compare their incomes more. The relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009728494
The U.S. poverty rate, like many other aggregate economic time series, shows considerable persistence. It is logical to … consider the model involving a unit root to provide a good description of the data generation process for the poverty rate. We … pretest for unit roots in annual U.S. poverty rate data for the postwar period to examine its long-run features given the …
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