Robust estimation of inequality from binned incomes
PT Von Hippel, SV Scarpino… - Sociological …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Researchers often estimate income inequality by using data that give only the number of
cases (eg, families or households) whose incomes fall in “bins” such as 0to 9,999, 10,000to …
cases (eg, families or households) whose incomes fall in “bins” such as 0to 9,999, 10,000to …
[PDF][PDF] Better estimates from binned income data: interpolated CDFs and mean-matching
PT Von Hippel, DJ Hunter… - Sociological Science, 2017 - sociologicalscience.com
Researchers often estimate income statistics from summaries that report the number of
incomes in bins such as $0 to 10,000, $10,001 to 20,000,..., $200,000+. Some analysts …
incomes in bins such as $0 to 10,000, $10,001 to 20,000,..., $200,000+. Some analysts …