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Inequality measures are powerful tools of applied welfare analysis. However, to use the tools effectively one has to take into account the characteristics of the data with which one usually has to work. These raise a number of common statistical problems which are addressed here for both...
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Statistical problems in modelling personal income distributions include estimation procedures, testing and model choice … the use of robust techniques for the estimation of income distributions. These methods behave as the classical procedures … at the model but are less influenced by model deviations and can be applied to general estimation problems …
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When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
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Statistical problems in modelling personal income distributions include estimation procedures, testing and model choice … the use of robust techniques for the estimation of income distributions. These methods behave as the classical procedures … at the model but are less influenced by model deviations and can be applied to general estimation problems …
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Income is an important economic indicator to measure living standards and individual well-being. In Germany, there exist different data sources that yield ambiguous evidence when analysing the income distribution. The Tax Statistics (TS) - an income register recording the total population of...
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and non-OECD countries for the period 1962 - 2003. The nonparametric estimation results show that income inequality in …
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