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Income Inequality Measures |
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Warnings:
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| Country | Year | Gini Coefficient |
Atkinson (epsilon=0.5) |
Atkinson (epsilon=1.0) |
Percentile Ratio |
Percentile Ratio |
Percentile Ratio |
| Australia | 1981 |
0.281 |
0.066 |
0.140 |
3.93 |
1.86 |
2.48 |
1985 |
0.292 |
0.072 |
0.149 |
3.97 |
1.87 |
2.55 |
|
1989 |
0.304 |
0.077 |
0.157 |
4.19 |
1.94 |
2.59 |
|
1995 |
0.308 |
0.081 |
0.171 |
4.02 |
1.94 |
2.70 |
|
| 2001 | 0.317 |
0.085 |
0.176 |
4.25 |
1.99 |
2.73 |
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| 2003 | 0.312 |
0.082 |
0.172 |
4.24 |
1.98 |
2.71 |
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| Austria | 1987 |
0.227 |
0.043 |
0.085 |
2.89 |
1.62 |
1.98 |
1994 |
0.280 |
0.069 |
0.139 |
3.48 |
1.81 |
2.16 |
|
1995 |
0.277 |
0.065 |
0.136 |
3.73 |
1.79 |
2.33 |
|
1997 |
0.266 |
0.060 |
0.122 |
3.37 |
1.78 |
2.14 |
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2000 |
0.257 | 0.056 | 0.115 | 3.15 | 1.72 | 2.09 | |
| Belgium | 1985 |
0.227 |
0.042 |
0.086 |
2.73 |
1.62 |
1.96 |
1988 |
0.232 |
0.046 |
0.091 |
2.77 |
1.63 |
1.97 |
|
1992 |
0.224 |
0.041 |
0.082 |
2.76 |
1.62 |
1.96 |
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1995 |
0.266 | 0.061 | 0.121 | 3.23 | 1.67 | 2.16 | |
1997 |
0.250 |
0.053 |
0.110 |
3.19 |
1.70 |
2.14 |
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2000 |
0.277 |
0.067 |
0.127 |
3.31 |
1.74 |
2.17 |
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| Canada | 1971 |
0.316 |
0.088 |
0.188 |
4.79 |
1.89 |
2.70 |
1975 |
0.289 |
0.072 |
0.153 |
4.27 |
1.80 |
2.44 |
|
1981 |
0.284 |
0.068 |
0.142 |
4.05 |
1.83 |
2.42 |
|
1987 |
0.283 |
0.067 |
0.136 |
3.89 |
1.84 |
2.35 |
|
1991 |
0.281 |
0.066 |
0.134 |
3.78 |
1.82 |
2.33 |
|
1994 |
0.284 |
0.067 |
0.136 |
3.87 |
1.85 |
2.39 |
|
1997 |
0.291 |
0.072 |
0.150 |
4.01 |
1.86 |
2.45 |
|
1998 |
0.305 |
0.080 |
0.163 |
4.13 |
1.88 |
2.51 |
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2000 |
0.302 |
0.078 |
0.158 |
3.95 |
1.88 |
2.45 |
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| Czech R. | 1992 |
0.207 |
0.038 |
0.071 |
2.37 |
1.55 |
1.73 |
1996 |
0.259 |
0.056 |
0.106 |
3.01 |
1.79 |
2.04 |
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| Denmark | 1987 |
0.254 |
0.058 |
0.127 |
3.22 |
1.60 |
2.12 |
1992 |
0.236 |
0.052 |
0.112 |
2.85 |
1.55 |
2.02 |
|
1995 |
0.218 |
0.041 |
0.08 |
2.67 |
1.54 |
1.94 |
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2000 |
0.225 |
0.043 |
0.09 |
2.75 |
1.55 |
1.98 |
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| 2004 | 0.228 | 0.045 | 0.09 | 2.78 | 1.56 | 2.01 | |
| Estonia | 2000 |
0.361 |
0.108 |
0.213 |
5.08 |
2.34 |
2.86 |
| Finland | 1987 |
0.209 |
0.037 |
0.075 |
2.59 |
1.51 |
1.86 |
1991 |
0.210 |
0.037 |
0.077 |
2.63 |
1.53 |
1.83 |
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1995 |
0.217 |
0.040 |
0.078 |
2.58 |
1.58 |
1.84 |
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2000 |
0.247 |
0.053 |
0.101 |
2.90 |
1.64 |
2.02 |
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| France | 1979 |
0.293 |
0.074 |
0.145 |
3.47 |
1.87 |
2.22 |
1981 |
0.288 |
0.071 |
0.140 |
3.40 |
1.88 |
2.25 |
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1984a |
0.292 |
0.074 |
0.149 |
3.46 |
1.93 |
2.27 |
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1984b |
0.298 |
0.084 |
0.197 |
3.92 |
1.83 |
2.30 |
|
1989 |
0.287 |
0.074 |
0.159 |
3.46 |
1.82 |
2.24 |
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1994 |
0.288 |
0.069 |
0.132 |
3.54 |
1.91 |
2.23 |
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| 2000 | 0.278 | 0.064 | 0.124 | 3.45 | 1.88 | 2.23 | |
| Germany | 1973 |
0.271 |
0.063 |
0.124 |
3.22 |
1.81 |
2.12 |
1978 |
0.264 |
0.060 |
0.116 |
3.11 |
1.78 |
2.06 |
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1981 |
0.244 |
0.050 |
0.098 |
2.89 |
1.79 |
2.03 |
|
1983 |
0.260 |
0.056 |
0.107 |
3.11 |
1.79 |
2.10 |
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1984 |
0.268 |
0.064 |
0.129 |
3.20 |
1.73 |
2.10 |
|
1989 |
0.257 |
0.058 |
0.118 |
2.99 |
1.73 |
2.02 |
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1994 |
0.272 |
0.064 |
0.128 |
3.39 |
1.82 |
2.16 |
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2000 |
0.333 |
0.064 |
0.125 |
3.37 |
1.80 |
2.12 |
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| Greece | 1995 | 0.349 |
0.103 |
0.210 |
5.36 |
2.13 |
2.78 |
| 2000 |
0.338 |
0.092 |
0.184 |
4.73 |
2.05 |
2.82 |
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| Hungary | 1991 |
0.283 |
0.069 |
0.133 |
3.39 |
1.82 |
2.18 |
1994 |
0.323 |
0.087 |
0.167 |
4.19 |
2.09 |
2.42 |
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1999 |
0.295 |
0.073 |
0.138 |
3.57 |
1.94 |
2.27 |
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| Ireland | 1987 |
0.328 |
0.092 |
0.187 |
4.23 |
2.09 |
2.74 |
1994 |
0.333 |
0.091 |
0.170 |
4.34 |
2.10 |
2.79 |
|
1995 |
0.336 |
0.092 |
0.172 |
4.39 |
2.07 |
2.78 |
|
1996 |
0.325 |
0.086 |
0.162 |
4.33 |
2.01 |
2.76 |
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2000 |
0.313 |
0.083 |
0.164 |
4.48 |
1.88 |
2.69 |
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| Israel | 1979 |
0.303 |
0.074 |
0.141 |
4.02 |
1.97 |
2.61 |
1986 |
0.308 |
0.075 |
0.146 |
4.29 |
2.03 |
2.63 |
|
1992 |
0.305 |
0.075 |
0.144 |
4.12 |
2.05 |
2.61 |
|
1997 |
0.336 |
0.092 |
0.179 |
4.86 |
2.10 |
2.90 |
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2001 |
0.346 |
0.098 |
0.191 |
5.01 |
2.16 |
3.03 |
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| Italy | 1986 |
0.306 |
0.077 |
0.149 |
4.05 |
1.97 |
2.51 |
1987 |
0.332 |
0.092 |
0.189 |
4.49 |
2.15 |
2.72 |
|
1989 |
0.303 |
0.075 |
0.144 |
3.91 |
1.97 |
2.53 |
|
1991 |
0.290 |
0.069 |
0.135 |
3.76 |
1.85 |
2.49 |
|
1993 |
0.339 |
0.097 |
0.196 |
4.68 |
2.06 |
2.82 |
|
1995 |
0.338 |
0.097 |
0.195 |
4.65 |
2.00 |
2.72 |
|
1998 |
0.346 |
0.103 |
0.206 |
4.68 |
2.01 |
2.71 |
|
2000 |
0.333 |
0.093 |
0.183 |
4.48 |
1.99 |
2.62 |
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| Luxembourg | 1985 |
0.237 |
0.045 |
0.089 |
2.95 |
1.72 |
2.05 |
1991 |
0.239 |
0.047 |
0.090 |
2.98 |
1.68 |
2.07 |
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1994 |
0.235 |
0.044 |
0.087 |
2.92 |
1.73 |
1.97 |
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1997 |
0.260 |
0.055 |
0.106 |
3.23 |
1.80 |
2.14 |
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2000 |
0.260 |
0.054 |
0.104 |
3.24 |
1.84 |
2.14 |
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| Mexico | 1984 |
0.445 |
0.161 |
0.300 |
8.63 |
2.86 |
4.00 |
1989 |
0.466 |
0.179 |
0.328 |
9.32 |
2.90 |
4.09 |
|
1992 |
0.485 |
0.192 |
0.348 |
10.72 |
3.12 |
4.21 |
|
1994 |
0.495 |
0.200 |
0.358 |
10.95 |
3.36 |
4.42 |
|
1996 |
0.477 |
0.185 |
0.333 |
9.26 |
3.11 |
4.16 |
|
1998 |
0.492 |
0.198 |
0.362 |
11.45 |
3.27 |
4.59 |
|
2000 |
0.491 |
0.196 |
0.353 |
10.39 |
3.31 |
4.39 |
|
2002 |
0.471 |
0.181 |
0.326 |
9.36 |
3.09 |
4.05 |
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| Netherlands | 1983 |
0.260 |
0.058 |
0.123 |
2.94 |
1.86 |
2.10 |
1987 |
0.256 |
0.059 |
0.137 |
2.94 |
1.82 |
2.07 |
|
1991 |
0.266 |
0.065 |
0.141 |
3.02 |
1.73 |
2.11 |
|
1994 |
0.253 |
0.057 |
0.126 |
3.07 |
1.71 |
2.13 |
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1999 |
0.248 |
0.055 |
0.120 |
2.98 |
1.67 |
2.02 |
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| Norway | 1979 |
0.223 |
0.044 |
0.092 |
2.76 |
1.58 |
1.88 |
1986 |
0.233 |
0.046 |
0.093 |
2.92 |
1.62 |
1.96 |
|
1991 |
0.231 |
0.047 |
0.095 |
2.79 |
1.58 |
1.90 |
|
1995 |
0.238 |
0.052 |
0.104 |
2.83 |
1.57 |
1.95 |
|
2000 |
0.251 |
0.059 |
0.117 |
2.80 |
1.59 |
1.92 |
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| Poland | 1986 |
0.271 |
0.060 |
0.117 |
3.51 |
1.77 |
2.32 |
1992 |
0.274 |
0.063 |
0.120 |
3.42 |
1.84 |
2.17 |
|
1995 |
0.318 |
0.094 |
0.206 |
4.04 |
1.89 |
2.37 |
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1999 |
0.311 |
0.088 |
0.193 |
4.33 |
1.89 |
2.48 |
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| Romania | 1995 |
0.277 |
0.065 |
0.124 |
3.42 |
1.80 |
2.21 |
1997 |
0.277 |
0.065 |
0.124 |
3.38 |
1.80 |
2.16 |
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| Russia | 1992 |
0.395 |
0.129 |
0.251 |
6.72 |
2.40 |
3.48 |
1995 |
0.447 |
0.165 |
0.316 |
9.39 |
2.82 |
3.95 |
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2000 |
0.434 |
0.156 |
0.300 |
8.37 |
2.76 |
3.71 |
|
| Slovak Rep. | 1992 |
0.189 |
0.031 |
0.059 |
2.25 |
1.49 |
1.68 |
1996 |
0.241 |
0.052 |
0.105 |
2.88 |
1.62 |
1.93 |
|
| Slovenia | 1997 |
0.250 |
0.052 |
0.105 |
3.24 |
1.66 |
2.08 |
1999 |
0.249 |
0.053 |
0.106 |
3.15 |
1.67 |
2.02 |
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| Spain | 1980 |
0.318 |
0.083 |
0.163 |
4.37 |
2.02 |
2.60 |
1990 |
0.303 |
0.076 |
0.149 |
3.96 |
1.97 |
2.46 |
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| 1995 | 0.353 | 0.106 | 0.217 | 5.10 | 2.23 | 2.91 | |
| 2000 | 0.340 | 0.094 | 0.185 | 4.69 | 2.08 | 2.75 | |
| Sweden | 1975 |
0.215 |
0.040 |
0.087 |
2.73 |
1.53 |
1.92 |
1981 |
0.197 |
0.034 |
0.073 |
2.43 |
1.51 |
1.76 |
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1987 |
0.218 |
0.044 |
0.098 |
2.71 |
1.51 |
1.89 |
|
1992 |
0.229 |
0.047 |
0.102 |
2.78 |
1.59 |
1.91 |
|
1995 |
0.221 |
0.047 |
0.104 |
2.61 |
1.56 |
1.76 |
|
2000 |
0.252 |
0.056 |
0.112 |
2.96 |
1.68 |
2.01 |
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| Switzerland. | 1982 |
0.309 |
0.086 |
0.161 |
3.39 |
1.85 |
2.12 |
1992 |
0.307 |
0.093 |
0.223 |
3.62 |
1.88 |
2.23 |
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| 2000 | 0.280 | 0.069 | 0.138 | 3.34 | 1.82 | 2.21 | |
| 2002 | 0.274 | 0.064 | 0.129 | 3.38 | 1.82 | 2.22 | |
| Taiwan | 1981 |
0.267 |
0.058 |
0.110 |
3.29 |
1.89 |
2.14 |
1986 |
0.269 |
0.059 |
0.112 |
3.21 |
1.87 |
2.14 |
|
1991 |
0.271 |
0.060 |
0.114 |
3.35 |
1.89 |
2.21 |
|
1995 |
0.277 |
0.062 |
0.119 |
3.38 |
1.89 |
2.24 |
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1997 |
0.296 |
0.071 |
0.137 |
3.79 |
1.96 |
2.35 |
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2000 |
0.296 |
0.072 |
0.139 |
3.81 |
1.96 |
2.35 |
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| U.K. | 1969 |
0.267 |
0.059 |
0.110 |
3.23 |
1.84 |
2.17 |
1974 |
0.268 |
0.059 |
0.116 |
3.41 |
1.76 |
2.21 |
|
1979 |
0.270 |
0.061 |
0.127 |
3.53 |
1.80 |
2.34 |
|
1986 |
0.303 |
0.081 |
0.179 |
3.79 |
1.94 |
2.53 |
|
1991 |
0.336 |
0.094 |
0.186 |
4.67 |
2.06 |
2.95 |
|
1994 |
0.339 |
0.096 |
0.188 |
4.32 |
2.12 |
2.77 |
|
1995 |
0.344 |
0.100 |
0.204 |
4.57 |
2.10 |
2.84 |
|
1999 |
0.343 |
0.098 |
0.193 |
4.57 |
2.15 |
2.82 |
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| U.S. | 1974 |
0.318 |
0.089 |
0.190 |
4.92 |
1.90 |
2.65 |
1979 |
0.301 |
0.078 |
0.167 |
4.67 |
1.86 |
2.64 |
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1986 |
0.335 |
0.094 |
0.197 |
5.71 |
2.04 |
3.04 |
|
1991 |
0.338 |
0.096 |
0.201 |
5.65 |
2.04 |
3.07 |
|
1994 |
0.355 |
0.105 |
0.214 |
5.85 |
2.15 |
3.11 |
|
1997 |
0.372 |
0.118 |
0.229 |
5.57 |
2.14 |
3.03 |
|
2000 |
0.368 |
0.115 |
0.224 |
5.46 |
2.10 |
3.00 |
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