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Analysis of Gini for evaluating attrition in Italian survey on income and living condition

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  • Claudio Ceccarelli

    (Italian National Institute of Statistics - Division for Survey on Living Conditions and Quality Life)

  • Giovanni Maria Giorgi

    (Universit� di Roma La Sapienza - Department of Statistics, Probability and Applied Statistics)

Abstract

The Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat) has set up a survey on income and living conditions (It-Silc), mainly composed of a cross-sectional and a longitudinal component.This paper aims at proving, by a decomposition of Gini concentration index, also known as Analysis of Gini (ANOGI), whether attrition introduces an element of bias in the analysis of income distribution. Compared to other studies in the literature, it introduces a new perspective by the direct evaluation of the attrition effect on studied variables.

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  • Claudio Ceccarelli & Giovanni Maria Giorgi, 2009. "Analysis of Gini for evaluating attrition in Italian survey on income and living condition," RIEDS - Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica - The Italian Journal of Economic, Demographic and Statistical Studies, SIEDS Societa' Italiana di Economia Demografia e Statistica, vol. 63(1-2), pages 49-69, January-J.
    • Handle: RePEc:ite:iteeco:091201
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    Keywords

    calibration estimator; Gini index; surveys; income and living conditions; cross-sectional; longitudinal analysis; income distribution; concentration index;
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    JEL classification:

    • C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • C18 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Methodolical Issues: General

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