Top Incomes and Inequality Measurement: A Comparative Analysis of Correction Methods Using the EU SILC Data

It is sometimes observed and frequently assumed that top incomes in household surveys worldwide are poorly measured and that this problem biases the measurement of income inequality. This paper tests this assumption and compares the performance of reweighting and replacing methods designed to correc...

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Main Authors: Vladimir Hlasny, Paolo Verme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Econometrics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2225-1146/6/2/30