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The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-Section and Time-Series Inequality Datasets Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Joseph F. Francois () (Faculty of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
Hugo Rojas-Romagosa (Faculty of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
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The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extended by the UN has been both widely used and strongly criticized. The criticisms raise questions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general. We develop techniques to deal with national and international comparability problems intrinsic to such datasets. The result is a new dataset of consistent inequality series, allowing us to explore problems of measurement error. In addition, the new data allow us to perform parametric non-1inear estimation of Lorenz curves from grouped data. This in turn al1ows us to estimate the entire income distribution; computing alternative inequality indexes and poverty estimates. Finally, we have used our broad1y comparable dataset to examine international patterns of inequality and poverty.
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Paper Francois, Joseph F. & Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo, 2005.
"The construction and interpretation of combined cross-section and time-series inequality datasets ,"
Policy Research Working Paper Series
3748, The World Bank.
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"The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-Section and Time-Series Inequality Datasets ,"
IIDE Discussion Papers
20070805, Institue for International and Development Economics.
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"The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-Section and Time-Series Inequality Datasets ,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
5214, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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