Arbeitspapier
The sensitivity of distributional measures to the reference period of income
When individual or household incomes are collected for administrative or scientific surveys, the reference period of income is sometimes a month, sometimes a quarter, and sometimes a year. This reference period of income likely affects the shape of the distribution and derived measures of inequality, poverty, and mobility. Using employment histories of German residents, the present study systematically explores the sensitivity of distributional measures to the length of the reference period of income. Estimates from annual, quarterly and monthly distributions are provided for one and a half decades, starting from year 1991.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1777
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- Subject
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inequality
poverty
mobility
reference period of income
monthly, quarterly, and annual distributions
earnings
Germany
Soziale Ungleichheit
Armut
Disparitätsmaß
Einkommensstatistik
Statistische Methode
Zeit
Schätzung
Deutschland
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Schröder, Carsten
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
- (where)
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Kiel
- (when)
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2012
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Schröder, Carsten
- Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
Time of origin
- 2012
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