Measuring Inequality from Top to Bottom

Measuring Inequality from Top to Bottom

This paper presents a new methodology to measure inequality that optimally combines household survey information and tax records to construct a complete income distribution. Combining the two data sources is necessary because, on the one hand, hous...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diaz-Bazan, Tania
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
INCOME DATA
HOUSEHOLD#SURVEYS
EQUITY
INCOME TAXES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
REDUCING POVERTY
LABOR INCOME
INCOME#TAX
ITS
TAX RATE
WAGES
POLICIES
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
TRANSPARENCY
INCOME
INTEREST
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
EXCHANGE
INCOME GROUP
DATA COLLECTION
LABOR FORCE
MEAN INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME SOURCES
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
TOTAL POPULATION
INCOMES
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
SHARES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
TAX
INCOME TAX
SURVEYS
MINIMUM INCOME
PENSION
TAX REVENUE
INDIVIDUAL#INCOMES
RENTS
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
TAXPAYER
PERSONAL INCOME TAX
DATA SETS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DATA SET
SHARE
DEVELOPING ECONOMY
INCOME SHARES
TAX SYSTEM
CAPITAL GAINS
AVERAGE ANNUAL
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDIVIDUAL INCOMES
PERSONAL INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME
TAXPAYERS
GINI COEFFICIENT
TAX LIABILITIES
SURVEY DATA
HOUSEHOLD#SURVEY
TRANSFERS
POLICY RESEARCH
MEASUREMENT ERROR
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
MEASURING INEQUALITY
DEMOGRAPHIC
INCOME LEVELS
PRODUCT
GINI# COEFFICIENT
INCOME LEVEL
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
TAXES
INEQUALITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24353317/measuring-inequality-top-bottom
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21851

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24353317/measuring-inequality-top-bottom
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21851

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