RECOUNTING WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE 1980S - A CRITIQUE OF INCOME-DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY

Authors
BURKHAUSER RV CREWS AD DALY MC
Citation
Rv. Burkhauser et al., RECOUNTING WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE 1980S - A CRITIQUE OF INCOME-DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY, Economics letters, 54(1), 1997, pp. 35-40
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
54
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
35 - 40
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1997)54:1<35:RWALIT>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Studies measuring winners and losers in the 1980s using a cross-over m ethodology are sensitive to years compared, income-sharing unit chosen and inflation index used. We show these and other studies exaggerate losses by mixing cyclical with cross-cycle differences.