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| Title: | | Measuring inequality using censored data: a multiple imputation approach  |
| Authors: | | Jenkins, Stephen P. Burkhauser, Richard V. Feng, Shuaizhang Larrimore, Jeff |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA discussion papers 4011 |
| Abstract: | | To measure income inequality with right censored (topcoded) data, we propose multiple imputation for censored observations using draws from Generalized Beta of the Second Kind distributions to provide partially synthetic datasets analyzed using complete data methods. Estimation and inference uses Reiter's (Survey Methodology 2003) formulae. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) internal data, we find few statistically significant differences in income inequality for pairs of years between 1995 and 2004. We also show that using CPS public use data with cell mean imputations may lead to incorrect inferences about inequality differences. Multiply-imputed public use data provide an intermediate solution. |
| Subjects: | | Income inequality topcoding partially synthetic data CPS Current Population Survey Generalized Beta of the Second Kind distribution |
| JEL: | | D31 C46 C81 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090304434 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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