Statistical Inference on Changes in Income Inequality in Australia

George Athanasopoulos () and Farshid Vahid ()

No 9/02, Monash Econometrics and Business Statistics Working Papers from Monash University, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics

Abstract: This paper studies the changes in income inequality of individuals in Australia between 1986 and 1999. Individuals are divided into various subgroups along several dimensions, such as region of residence, age, employment status etc. The changes in inequality over time, between and within the various subgroups is studied, and the bootstrap method is used to establish whether these changes are statistically significant.

Keywords: Income inequality; Gini coefficient; Theil inequality measure; bootstrap. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 J10 C19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written 2002-08
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