Mind the Income Gap: Bias Correction of Inequality Estimators in Small-Sized Samples
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| author | De Nicolò, Silvia Ferrante, Maria Rosaria Pacei, Silvia |
| author_facet | De Nicolò, Silvia Ferrante, Maria Rosaria Pacei, Silvia |
| contents | Income inequality estimators are biased in small samples, leading generally to an underestimation. This aspect deserves particular attention when estimating inequality in small domains and performing small area estimation at the area level. We propose a bias correction framework for a large class of inequality measures comprising the Gini Index, the Generalized Entropy and the Atkinson index families by accounting for complex survey designs. The proposed methodology does not require any parametric assumption on income distribution, being very flexible. Design-based performance evaluation of our proposal has been carried out using EU-SILC data, their results show a noticeable bias reduction for all the measures. Lastly, an illustrative example of application in small area estimation confirms that ignoring ex-ante bias correction determines model misspecification. |
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| spellingShingle | Mind the Income Gap: Bias Correction of Inequality Estimators in Small-Sized Samples De Nicolò, Silvia Ferrante, Maria Rosaria Pacei, Silvia Methodology Econometrics Income inequality estimators are biased in small samples, leading generally to an underestimation. This aspect deserves particular attention when estimating inequality in small domains and performing small area estimation at the area level. We propose a bias correction framework for a large class of inequality measures comprising the Gini Index, the Generalized Entropy and the Atkinson index families by accounting for complex survey designs. The proposed methodology does not require any parametric assumption on income distribution, being very flexible. Design-based performance evaluation of our proposal has been carried out using EU-SILC data, their results show a noticeable bias reduction for all the measures. Lastly, an illustrative example of application in small area estimation confirms that ignoring ex-ante bias correction determines model misspecification. |
| title | Mind the Income Gap: Bias Correction of Inequality Estimators in Small-Sized Samples |
| topic | Methodology Econometrics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.08950 |