Ibragimov, Kattuman, and Skrobotov (Econometric Reviews, 2025) propose a "t-statistic" approach to inference for inequality indices building on results provided by Ibragimov and Müller (Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2010), and they and Midões and de Crombrugghe (Journal of...

Because finite sample inference for inequality indices based on asymptotic methods or the standard bootstrap does not perform well, Davidson and Flachaire (Journal of Econometrics, 2007) and Cowell and Flachaire (Journal of Econometrics, 2007) proposed inference based on semiparametric methods...

We estimate the causal effect of partisan media on voter behavior by exploiting a natural experiment in which Sky News Australia - a conservative 24-hour news channel - became freely available to 8 million people. Using comprehensive national polling-station-level electoral data and broadcast...

We decompose the redistributive effect of direct taxes into vertical, horizontal, and reranking components applying the methods of Urban and Lambert (Public Finance Review, 2008). In the first such application to the UK, and using yearly data covering 1977-2020, we find that redistributive...

The share of women in the top 1% of the UK’s income distribution has been growing over the last two decades (as in several other countries). Our first contribution is to account for this secular change using regressions of the probability of being in the top 1%, fitted separately for men and...

We produce estimates of the full distribution of all national income in Australia for the period 1991 to 2018, by combining household survey with administrative tax microdata and adjusting to match National Accounts aggregates. From these estimates, we are able to rigorously document the shifts...

We produce estimates of the full distribution of all national income in Australia for the period 1991 to 2018, by combining household survey with administrative tax microdata and adjusting to match National Accounts aggregates. From these estimates, we are able to rigorously document the shifts...