The impact of income adjustments in the Casen Survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile
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| contents | The impact of income adjustments in the Casen Survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile David Bravo José A. Valderrama Torres Economía y Finanzas Chile Poverty Inequality Income adjustment The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a consistency between what is reported by the CASEN survey and the National Accounts figures in Chile. The results reveal that this leads to important changes in the top-end of the distribution and to an overestimation in the main inequality indicators in Chile. Chile looks more unequal in international relative terms due to this adjustment. 2011 artículo científico 0304-2758 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=22120872003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=221 Estudios de Economía application/pdf Universidad de Chile Estudios de Economía (Chile) Num.1 Vol.38 |
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| spellingShingle | The impact of income adjustments in the Casen Survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile David Bravo Economía y Finanzas Chile Poverty Inequality Income adjustment The impact of income adjustments in the Casen Survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile David Bravo José A. Valderrama Torres Economía y Finanzas Chile Poverty Inequality Income adjustment The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a consistency between what is reported by the CASEN survey and the National Accounts figures in Chile. The results reveal that this leads to important changes in the top-end of the distribution and to an overestimation in the main inequality indicators in Chile. Chile looks more unequal in international relative terms due to this adjustment. 2011 artículo científico 0304-2758 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=22120872003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=221 Estudios de Economía application/pdf Universidad de Chile Estudios de Economía (Chile) Num.1 Vol.38 |
| title | The impact of income adjustments in the Casen Survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile |
| topic | Economía y Finanzas Chile Poverty Inequality Income adjustment |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=22120872003 |