On Data: A Case Study of the Evolution of Income Inequality across Time and across Countries.
This paper takes income distribution as a case study of the role of data in economics. After describing the transformation which has taken place with regard to the availability of data on income inequality, it discusses how the comparability of these estimates is brought into question by differences...
Main Authors: | Atkinson, A, Brandolini, A |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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