Simple adjustments of observed distributions for missing income and missing people - HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Article dans une revue Journal of Economic Inequality Année : 2018

Simple adjustments of observed distributions for missing income and missing people

Résumé

Correcting household survey distribution data for missing income or for undersampling may give an idea of the extent of possible biases in measuring inequality, especially when there are reasons to expect the missing income and people to belong to the top of the distribution. There are simple ways to do so when only an aggregate estimate of how much is missing is available. Atkinson had provided a formula to correct the Gini coefficient for the missing income, which was later generalized by Alvaredo (Econ. Lett. 110(3), 274–277 2011). This paper concentrates on the whole distribution and explores various alternative adjustment methods based on three key parameters: how much income, how many people are missing and on what range of income the correction should bear.
Loading...
Fichier non déposé

Dates et versions

halshs-01883896, version 1 (28-09-2018)

Identifiants

Citer

François Bourguignon. Simple adjustments of observed distributions for missing income and missing people. Journal of Economic Inequality, 2018, 16 (2), pp.171 - 188. ⟨10.1007/s10888-018-9388-8⟩. ⟨halshs-01883896⟩
109 Consultations
0 Téléchargements
Dernière date de mise à jour le 07/04/2024
comment ces indicateurs sont-ils produits

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Plus