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Generating Internationally Comparable Income Distribution Data: Evidence From The Federal Republic Of Germany (1974), Mexico (1968) And The United Kingdom (1979)

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  • Wouter van Ginneken

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In this article an attempt is made to generate internationally comparable income distribution data for the Federal Republic of Germany (1974), Mexico (1968) and the United Kingdom (1979). To that end, the same income concept and income unit were adopted for each country, i.e. respectively household available income and the household. Moreover, incomes from various sources were adjusted for inconsistency with National Accounts according to Altimir's methodology. The paper finds that the distribution of persons by household income per equivalent unit is probably the best way of looking at the distribution of economic welfare. It further demonstrates that the distribution of persons by household available income per capita is much closer to this ‘ideal’ distribution than the distribution of households by household available income. Finally, the paper discusses some of the problems arising from the fact that one normally works with grouped data. It is found that in the case of the three countries under study, grouping is likely to have had only a small impact on the results.

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  • Wouter van Ginneken, 1982. "Generating Internationally Comparable Income Distribution Data: Evidence From The Federal Republic Of Germany (1974), Mexico (1968) And The United Kingdom (1979)," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 28(4), pages 365-379, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:28:y:1982:i:4:p:365-379
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1982.tb00623.x
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