Naslov
How unequal is Croatia? Results from combined survey and administrative tax data

Autori
Ledić, Marko ; Rubil, Ivica ; Urban, Ivica

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, pp prezentacija, znanstveni

Skup
BigSurv Conference 2020 - Big Data Meets Survey Science

Mjesto i datum
Online ; Utrecht, Nizozemska, 06.11.2020. - 04.12.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
microsimulation, administrative and survey data, income inequality

Sažetak
For the last two decades we are witnessing significant criticism towards the income inequality literature which builds its findings on survey data. The rationale for this criticism lies from i) the unrepresentative distribution of income in survey data and ii) the frequent practice of respondents to under-report their incomes. As an obvious consequence, it is very likely that one will obtain biased estimates of income inequality when relying on survey data. To avoid this problem, an increasing number of researchers focus on another type of data source – tax data – representing administrative data on taxpayers' income, which are collected by the state authorities to establish a tax liability. Using tax data, we have the possibility of analyzing individuals at the very top of income distribution in a more precise and comprehensive way. In this paper we focus on obtaining a more credible income distribution data in Croatia which we use for analyzing income inequalities. We combine the household microdata from the EU-SILC (European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) and the administrative tax data which contain the information on taxpayers who represent a part of the total population. Such corrected survey data will serve us as the input data for the Croatian microsimulation model (miCROmod) which will enable us to simulate the disposable income, taxes and social benefits in an impartial manner. Since the corrected survey data will retain the original structure of the survey data, i.e., preserve the representativeness by all other characteristics of individuals/households, we are allowed to use the latter characteristics in addition to income in the analysis of taxes and social benefits using miCROmod.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

POVEZANOST RADA