This paper evaluates the impacts of combining household surveys with income tax return files, in terms of growth, inequality, and social welfare in Brazil from 2007 to 2015. This exercise holds the promise of adding more realistic top income values to traditional surveys. While the previous...

This paper evaluates the impacts of combining household surveys with income tax return files, in terms of growth, inequality, and social welfare in Brazil from 2007 to 2015. This exercise holds the promise of adding more realistic top income values to traditional surveys. While the previous...

In the absence of a traditional census and a comprehensive population register (as it is the case in the UK), administrative data sources, i.e. health, school or tax records, can offer an alternative to estimate the size of residence population. However, such data sources are designed to capture...

In the absence of a traditional census and a comprehensive population register (as it is the case in the UK), administrative data sources, i.e. health, school or tax records, can offer an alternative to estimate the size of residence population. However, such data sources are designed to capture...

In order to achieve an ‘optimal health system’ health policies should not only be focused on the supply of health care, but also take cognisance of the demand for health care. Studies of health care demand in South Africa are scarce due to considerable data limitations. This analysis...