Prices and Currency Conversions in WID.World. Blanchet, T. Technical Report 2017/3, World Wealth & Income Database, August, 2017.
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File abstract bibtex This technical note reviews the issues surrounding the use of price indexes and currency conversion factors in WID.world. We explain some of the main issues surrounding the measurement and construction of these data, we describe how the data in WID.world was constructed, and finally we clarify how to properly compare income and wealth levels in WID.world between countries and periods.
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