The purpose of this study is to understand whether the observed mismatch between facts and perceptions of inequality in Egypt is a statistical artifact or a true mismatch. The paper looks at the relation between the objective measurement and the subjective judgment of income inequality drawing on three rounds of the Egyptian Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey(HIECS 2000, 2005, 2009) and two rounds of the World Values Surveys (2000 and 2008). The paper finds that the facts about income inequality and the perceptions about income inequality are both rather accurate. Neither the people nor the data of Egypt are wrong and the mismatch between facts and perceptions effectively holds.
Verme, P. (2014). Facts and Perceptions of Inequality. Washington DC : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Facts and Perceptions of Inequality
Verme, Paolo
2014
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to understand whether the observed mismatch between facts and perceptions of inequality in Egypt is a statistical artifact or a true mismatch. The paper looks at the relation between the objective measurement and the subjective judgment of income inequality drawing on three rounds of the Egyptian Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey(HIECS 2000, 2005, 2009) and two rounds of the World Values Surveys (2000 and 2008). The paper finds that the facts about income inequality and the perceptions about income inequality are both rather accurate. Neither the people nor the data of Egypt are wrong and the mismatch between facts and perceptions effectively holds.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
