RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 The impact of different data sources on the level and structure of income inequality
A1 Ayala Cañón, Luis
A1 Pérez Espartero, Ana
A1 Prieto Alaiz, María Mercedes
K1 Inequality
K1 Administrative data
K1 Measurement error
K1 Dependences
K1 Copula
K1 5302 Econometría
AB This paper aims to analyze the effect on measured inequality and its structure of usingadministrative data instead of survey data. Different analyses are carried out basedon the Spanish Survey on Income and Living Conditions (ECV) that continued toask households for their income despite assigning their income data as provided bythe Tax Agency and the Social Security Administration. Our main finding is that thelargest discrepancies between administrative and survey data are in the tails of thedistribution. In addition to that, there are clear differences in the level and structureof inequality across data sources. These differences matter, and our results should bea wake-up call to interpret the results based on only one source of income data withcaution.
PB Springer Nature
SN 1869-4187
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/80499
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/80499
LA eng
NO SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2022, vol. 13, p. 583-611
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 18-dic-2025