Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt

Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt

By all accounts, income inequality in Egypt is low and had been declining during the decade that preceded the 2011 revolution. As the Egyptian revolution was partly motivated by claims of social injustice and inequalities, this seems at odds with a...

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Main Authors: Hlasny, Vladimir, Verme, Paolo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
AGGREGATE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME
BENCHMARK
CASH TRANSFERS
COUNTERFACTUAL
DATA QUALITY
DATA SET
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
DIVIDENDS
EARNING
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EMPIRICAL PURPOSES
EMPIRICAL SECTION
EXPECTED VALUE
EXPLANATORY POWER
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FUNCTIONAL FORM
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
GINI INDEX
GROWTH RATES
HIGH INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME BIAS
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME SHARES
INCOMES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY ESTIMATES
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT
LINEAR MODEL
LORENZ CURVE
LORENZ CURVES
LOW INCOME
MEAN INCOME
MEAN INCOMES
MEASURES OF POVERTY
MEASURING INEQUALITY
MEASURING POVERTY
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY SAMPLING UNITS
PSU
RANDOM SAMPLING
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL RESIDENTS
SALARIES
SAVINGS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
WAGES
WEALTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18089005/top-incomes-measurement-inequality-egypt
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15924

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18089005/top-incomes-measurement-inequality-egypt
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15924

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