Household income surveys often fail to capture top incomes which leads to an underestimation of income inequality. A popular solution is to combine the household survey with data from income tax records, which has been found to result in significant upward corrections of inequality estimates. Unfortunately, tax records are unavailable in many countries, including most of the developing world. In the absence of data from tax records, this study explores...
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详细
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2016/06/22
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政策研究报告
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WPS7727
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1
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2016/06/22
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Disclosed
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Is inequality underestimated in Egypt ? evidence from house prices
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household survey