Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260483 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Queen’s Economics Department Working Paper No. 1477
Publisher: 
Queen's University, Department of Economics, Kingston (Ontario)
Abstract: 
This paper applies the tool box measures of disaggregative income inequality characterization and the statistical methodology of Beach (2021) to percentile-based distribution statistics such as quintile income shares and decile means typically published by official statistical agencies. It derives standard error formulas for those measures which are distributionfree and easy to implement. The approach is illustrated with Canadian Labour Force Survey data over 1997-2015. It is found that widely shared real earnings gains were experienced over this period, but that the gains were very unevenly shared with middle-class workers losing out relatively and top earners having highly statistically significant earnings gains.
Subjects: 
income inequality
inequality inference
statistical inference
JEL: 
C12
C46
D31
D63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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