Entry:

Parker, Robert Nash and Fenwick, Rudy, "The Pareto Curve and Its Utility for Open-Ended Income Distributions in Survey Research," Social Forces, 61 (March, 1983), 872-885.

Abstract:

Two methods for estimating the midpoint of open-ended categories in income distributions typically found in surveys based on the Pareto Curve are investigated and compared. The accuracy of the two methods is evaluated in simulations using exact income data, and recommendations based on those evaluations are presented.

1977

Other Data Sets:

SRC Panel Study of Income Dynamics 1975-77