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Metodi non parametrici nell'analisi della distribuzione del reddito: problemi empirici ed aspetti metodologici

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  • Pier Luigi Conti

    (Università di Roma "La Sapienza")

  • Maria Grazia Pittau

    (Università di Roma "La Sapienza")

  • Roberto Zelli

    (Università di Roma "La Sapienza")

Abstract

This paper provides a survey of the non parametric approaches applied to income distribution analysis, focusing on kernel method and, in particular, on the choice of the bandwidth. To account for sample design and data sparseness, weighted kernel density with an adaptive bandwidth is suggested. Moreover, the assessment of Significant of ZERo crossings of derivatives helps determine which features in the family of empirical distributions are statistically significant for given bandwidths. The SiZer approach has been modified for adaptive kernel estimation procedures. Empirical evidence for household income distribution in Italy over the period 1989-2002 is emphasized.

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  • Pier Luigi Conti & Maria Grazia Pittau & Roberto Zelli, 2006. "Metodi non parametrici nell'analisi della distribuzione del reddito: problemi empirici ed aspetti metodologici," Rivista di Politica Economica, SIPI Spa, vol. 96(3), pages 195-242, May-June.
    • Handle: RePEc:rpo:ripoec:v:96:y:2006:i:3:p:195-242
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    1. Schettino, Francesco & Gabriele, Alberto & Khan, Haider A., 2021. "Polarization and the middle class in China: A non-parametric evaluation using CHNS and CHIP data," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 251-264.
    2. Fabio Clementi & Francesco Schettino, 2013. "Income polarization in Brazil, 2001-2011: A distributional analysis using PNAD data," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 33(3), pages 1796-1815.
    3. F. Clementi & A. L. Dabalen & V. Molini & F. Schettino, 2017. "When the Centre Cannot Hold: Patterns of Polarization in Nigeria," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 63(4), pages 608-632, December.
    4. Khan, Haider & Schettino, Francesco, 2018. "Income Polarization in the USA (1983-2016): what happened to the middle class?," MPRA Paper 85554, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Schettino, Francesco & Khan, Haider A., 2020. "Income polarization in the USA: What happened to the middle class in the last few decades?," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 149-161.

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    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution

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