The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-Section and Time-Series Inequality Datasets

The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extended by the United Nations has been both widely used and strongly criticized. The criticisms raise questions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general. The authors develop techniques to deal with natio...

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Main Authors:	Francois, Joseph F., Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS CROSS-COUNTRY INEQUALITY DATA QUALITY DATA SETS DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIVIDENDS ECONOMIC INFORMATION ECONOMIC POLICY EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EXPLAINING INEQUALITY EXPLANATORY VARIABLES GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS GROSS INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME CONCEPTS INCOME DATA INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHARE INCOME SMOOTHING INCOME SOURCES INCOME STUDY INCOMES INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DATA INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY OBSERVATIONS INEQUALITY PATTERN INEQUALITY RESULTS INEQUALITY SERIES INEQUALITY TRENDS INEQUALITY VALUES INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY LIVING STANDARDS LORENZ CURVE MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS NATIONAL SURVEYS NEGATIVE CORRELATION NET INCOME 0 HYPOTHESIS POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR COUNTRIES POSITIVE CORRELATION POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY RATES QUALITY CONTROL REDISTRIBUTION POLICIES SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TIME SERIES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6329574/construction-interpretation-combined-cross-section-time-series-inequality-datasets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8519

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The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-Section and Time-Series Inequality Datasets

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