Methods for distributional analysis
Cowell, F.
& Flachaire, E.
(2014).
Methods for distributional analysis.
In
Atkinson, A. B. & Bourguignon, F.
(Eds.),
Handbook of Income Distribution
(pp. 359-466).
Elsevier (Firm).
& Flachaire, E.
(2014).
Methods for distributional analysis.
In
Atkinson, A. B. & Bourguignon, F.
(Eds.),
Handbook of Income Distribution
(pp. 359-466).
Elsevier (Firm).
This Chapter is about the techniques, formal and informal, that are commonly used to give quantitative answers in the field of distributional analysis - covering subjects including inequality, poverty and the modelling of income distributions. It deals with parametric and non-parametric approaches and the way in which imperfections in data may be handled in practice.