Statistical Methods for Distributional Analysis

Frank A. Cowell (1) , Emmanuel Flachaire (2)

1 STICERD
2 GREQAM - Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille

This Chapter is about the techniques, formal and informal, that are commonly used to give quantitative answers in the field of distributional analysis - covering subjects including inequality, poverty and the modelling of income distributions. It deals with parametric and non-parametric approaches and the way in which imperfections in data may be handled in practice.

Mots clés: Economie quantitative

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Economies et finances

Frank A. Cowell, Emmanuel Flachaire. Statistical Methods for Distributional Analysis. Atkinson, A.B. and Bourguignon, F. Handbook of Income Distribution, 2A, Ch.6, Elsevier, pp.359--465, 2015, 978-0-444-59430-3. ⟨hal-01457398⟩