Income inequality comparisons with dirty data: the UK and Spain during the 1980s

Cowell, Frank ORCID: 0000-0002-3778-2152, Litchfield, Julie and Mercader-Prats, Magda (1999) Income inequality comparisons with dirty data: the UK and Spain during the 1980s. Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 45 (45). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

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Abstract

Inequality comparisons between countries and over time should take into account problems of data imperfection. We examine the contrasting experience of the UK and Spain during the 1980s in terms of the distribution of disposable income. We consider whether the apparent divergence in inequality could be attributable to deficiencies in income data including under-reporting.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information:	© 1999 Frank Cowell, Julie A. Litchfield and Magda Mercader-Prats
Divisions:	Economics STICERD Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
JEL classification:	C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General > C13 - Estimation D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Date Deposited:	27 Apr 2007
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2024 04:02
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/2240

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