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Averaging Income Distributions

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William E. Griffiths
Duangkamon Chotikapanich
D. S. Prasada Rao

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Various inequality and social welfare measures often depend heavily on the choice of a distribution of income. Picking a distribution that best fits the data involves throwing away information and does not allow for the fact that a wrong choice can be made. Instead, Bayesian model averaging utilizes a weighted average of the results from a number of income distributions, with each weight given by the probability that a distribution is 'correct'. In this study, prior densities are placed on mean income, the mode of income and the Gini coefficient for Australian income units with one parent (1997-8). Then, using grouped sample data on incomes, posterior densities for the mean and mode of income and the Gini coefficient are derived for a variety of income distributions. The model-averaged results from these income distributions are obtained. Copyright Blackwell Publishers Ltd and the Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research, 2005.

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Volume (Year): 57 (2005)
Issue (Month): 4 (October)
Pages: 347-367
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  1. Griffiths, William E & Chotikapanich, Duangkamon, 1997. "Bayesian Methodology for Imposing Inequality Constraints on a Linear Expenditure System with Demographic Factors," Australian Economic Papers, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 36(69), pages 321-41, December.
  2. Danilov, D.L. & Magnus, J.R., 2001. "On the harm that pretesting does," Discussion Paper 37, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Duangkamon Chotikapanich & William E. Griffiths, 2006. "Bayesian Assessment of Lorenz and Stochastic Dominance in Income Distributions," Department of Economics - Working Papers Series 960, The University of Melbourne. [Downloadable!]
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