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

Frank Cowell (), Julie Litchfield and Magda Mercader-Prats

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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.

Keywords: Lorenz dominance; data contamination; cross-country comparisons (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 D63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 1999-06
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Working Paper: Income Inequality Comparisons with Dirty Data: The UK and Spain during the 1980s (1999)
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