Top Incomes and the Measurement of Inequality in Egypt
利用新统计方法和收入数据，评估埃及收入不平等并检验高收入偏差，发现埃及不平等程度较低，但修正高收入偏差后基尼系数显著上升。
This study exploits unprecedented access to income data and a combination of newly developed statistical methods to evaluate income inequality in Egypt and test for potential top incomes biases. Income inequality in Egypt is found to be low by regional and world standards; top incomes are found to follow the Pareto distribution and do not show anomalies compared to surveys worldwide. Correcting for top incomes biases increases the Gini coefficient significantly. The magnitude of the upward correction varies between 1.1 and 4.1 percentage points depending on the choice of correction method and welfare measure.