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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Main Authors:	Hlasny, Vladimir, Verme, Paolo
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:	INEQUALITY PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION GINI COEFFICIENT PARETO DISTRIBUTION SURVEY NONRESPONSE INCOME DISTRIBUTION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32784

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spelling	okr-10986-327842021-05-25T10:54:37Z Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt Hlasny, Vladimir Verme, Paolo INEQUALITY PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION GINI COEFFICIENT PARETO DISTRIBUTION SURVEY NONRESPONSE INCOME DISTRIBUTION 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 follow the Pareto distribution and do not show anomalies compared to surveys worldwide. Correcting for top incomes biases increases the Gini coefficient significantly. The magnitude of the upward correction varies between 1.1 and 4.1 percentage points depending on the choice of correction method and welfare measure. 2019-12-04T22:43:17Z 2019-12-04T22:43:17Z 2018-06 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32784 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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topic	INEQUALITY PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION GINI COEFFICIENT PARETO DISTRIBUTION SURVEY NONRESPONSE INCOME DISTRIBUTION
spellingShingle	INEQUALITY PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION GINI COEFFICIENT PARETO DISTRIBUTION SURVEY NONRESPONSE INCOME DISTRIBUTION Hlasny, Vladimir Verme, Paolo Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt
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description	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 follow the Pareto distribution and do not show anomalies compared to surveys worldwide. Correcting for top incomes biases increases the Gini coefficient significantly. The magnitude of the upward correction varies between 1.1 and 4.1 percentage points depending on the choice of correction method and welfare measure.
format	Journal Article
author	Hlasny, Vladimir Verme, Paolo
author_facet	Hlasny, Vladimir Verme, Paolo
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title	Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt
title_short	Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt
title_full	Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt
title_fullStr	Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt
title_full_unstemmed	Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt
title_sort	top incomes and the measurement of inequality in egypt
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32784
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Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt

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