Survey mode effects on income inequality measurement
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This appendix includes material supplementing the manuscript “Survey mode effects on income inequality measurement.” It includes background information in Section 1, an extended description of the methods used in Section 2 as well as robustness checks and additional results in Section 3. JEL Classification: C14, C21, C81, C83, D31
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