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Distributional Effects of Optimal Commodity Taxes Combined with Minimum Income Programs in Brazil
Barbosa, Ana Luiza Neves de Holanda; Fiuza, Eduardo P.S; … - 2003
Commodity taxes play an important role in Brazil and raise around 60% of the total tax revenue. This heavy reliance renders commodity taxation one of the main tools available to the government for collecting revenue and securing redistribution. In fact, Brazilian income inequity is one of the...
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Estimates of the world distribution of personal incomes based on country sample clones
Kot, Stanisław Maciej - 2016
In this paper, the world distribution of personal incomes (WDPI) is estimated using a global sample comprising country sample clones. A clone is a random sample that reproduces – with predetermined high probability and precision – an unknown survey sample using information that is 'encoded'...
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Assessing differences in household needs : a comparison of approaches for the estimation of equivalence scales using German expenditure data
Dudel, Christian; Garbuszus, Jan Marvin; Schmied, Julian - 2017
of their practical importance for the measurement of inequality and poverty, a large number of methods for the estimation … inequality and poverty. We conclude that differences in estimation methods for equivalence scales might be less important than … vergleichbar zu machen. Aufgrund ihrer praktischen Relevanz für die Messung von Ungleichheit und Armut wurden etliche Methoden für …
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Revisiting the income-health nexus : the importance of choosing the "right" indicator
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010
We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...
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Revisiting the income-health nexus : the importance of choosing the “right” indicator
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010
objective health measures. -- Health inequality ; concentration index ; income measurement ; SOEP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941754
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The bias of the Gini coefficient due to grouping
Van Ourti, Tom; Clarke, Philip M. - 2008
correction term is obtained from studying the estimator of the Gini index within a measurement error framework. In addition, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377108
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The construction and interpretation of combined cross-section and time-series inequality datasets
Francois, Joseph F.; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo - 2005
new dataset of consistent inequality series,allowing us to explore problems of measurement error. In addition, the new … data allowus to perform parametric non-1inear estimation of Lorenz curves from grouped data.This in turn al1ows us to …
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Does the choice of well-being measure matter empirically? : an illustration with German data
Decancq, Koen; Neumann, Dirk - 2014
We discuss and compare five measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure based on the von Neumann-Morgenstern utilities of the individuals. After examining the...
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Does the choice of well-being measure matter empirically? : an illustration with German data
Decancq, Koen; Neumann, Dirk - 2014
We discuss and compare five measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure based on the von Neumann-Morgenstern utilities of the individuals. After examining the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462001
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The Bias of the Gini Coefficient Due to Grouping : Revisiting First-Order Corrections
Van Ourti, Tom - 2008
correction term is obtained from studying the estimator of the Gini index within a measurement error framework. In addition, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012722922