Survey Under-Coverage of Top Incomes and Estimation of Inequality: What Is the Role of the UK’s SPI Adjustment?
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- P. Jenkins, Stephen & Hérault, Nicolas & V. Burkhauser, Richard & Wilkins, Roger, 2017. "Survey under-coverage of top incomes and estimation of inequality: what is the role of the UK’s SPI adjustment?," ISER Working Paper Series 2017-08, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
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Keywords
Inequality; income inequality; survey under-coverage; SPI adjustment; top incomes; tax return data; survey data;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- C81 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2017-07-02 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-PBE-2017-07-02 (Public Economics)
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