• Title of article

    Seeking a comprehensive measure of economic well-being: Annuitisation versus capitalisation

  • Author/Authors

    Parker، نويسنده , , Simon C.; Siddiq، نويسنده , , Fazley K. ، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1997
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    241
  • To page
    244
  • Abstract
    Biases in inequality measures arise when components of comprehensive measures of economic well-being are estimated using cross-section data. Biases under annuitisation are small and bounded, unlike biases under capitalisation: this recommends the annuity over the capitalisation approach.
  • Keywords
    Capitalisation , Economic well-being , Annuitisation
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    1997
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    434278