Accounting for cross-country differences in wealth inequality

Cowell, Frank, Karagiannaki, Eleni and McKnight, Abigail (2013) Accounting for cross-country differences in wealth inequality. CASEpapers, CASE/168. Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

This paper adopts a counterfactual decomposition analysis to analyse cross-country differences in the size of household wealth and levels of household wealth inequality. The findings of the paper suggest that the biggest share of cross-country differences is not due to differences in the distribution of household demographic and economic characteristics but rather reflect strong unobserved country effects.

Item Type:	Monograph (Other)
Official URL:	http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case
Additional Information:	© 2013 The Authors
Library of Congress subject classification:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Journal of Economic Literature Classification System:	C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs > C81 - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data D - Microeconomics > D3 - Distribution > D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare and Poverty > I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Living Standards; Quality of Life; Happiness
Sets:	Departments > Economics Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) Research centres and groups > Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE)
Identification Number:	CASE/168
Date Deposited:	01 Aug 2013 10:55
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/51283/

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