Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt

This study exploits unprecedented access to income data and a combination of newly developed statistical methods to evaluate income inequality in Egypt and test for potential top incomes biases. Income inequality in Egypt is found to be low by regional and world standards; top incomes are found to f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hlasny, Vladimir, Verme, Paolo
Format: Journal Article
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32784