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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2009
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Discussion Papers No. 583
Verlag: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Zusammenfassung: 
Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However, as this finding relies on cross-section data, we may confuse older with wealthier. We propose a new method to adjust for age effects in cross-sections, which eliminates transitory wealth inequality due to age, yet preserves inequality arising from other factors. This new method is superior to existing methods, like the much used Paglin-Gini, which is shown to have several problems. A new cross-country comparable database reveals that the choice of method is empirically important: Existing methods yield erroneous wealth inequality rankings of countries.
Schlagwörter: 
Wealth inequality
Life cycle
Age adjustments
Gini coefficient.
JEL: 
D31
D63
D91
E21
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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