Bootstrap standard errors


Bootstrap Standard Errors
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Country	Year	Standard Errors for Gini Coefficient	Standard errors for Relative Poverty Rates Poverty Line - 50 percent of median
Country	Year	Standard Errors for Gini Coefficient	Total Population	Children	Elderly
Australia	1981	0.0019	0.30	0.52	0.85
	1985	0.0030	0.46	0.77	1.09
	1989	0.0024	0.31	0.59	0.78
	1995	0.0038	0.43	0.74	1.06
	2001	0.0042	0.47	0.89	1.06
	2003	0.0031	0.36	0.70	0.90
Austria	1987	0.0026	0.29	0.43	0.71
	1994	0.0061	0.59	1.03	1.28
	1995	0.0019	0.29	0.59	0.48
	1997	0.0056	0.65	1.26	1.24
	2000	0.0057	0.62	1.42	1.43
Belgium	1985	0.0026	0.30	0.50	0.88
	1988	0.0041	0.37	0.68	0.99
	1992	0.0032	0.63	0.90	1.21
	1995	0.0068	0.70	1.34	1.73
	1997	0.0036	0.50	0.88	1.14
	2000	0.0081	0.74	1.29	1.80
Canada	1971	0.0020	0.25	0.44	0.67
	1975	0.0017	0.24	0.42	0.79
	1981	0.0022	0.37	0.68	1.06
	1987	0.0035	0.45	0.79	0.84
	1991	0.0030	0.34	0.71	0.42
	1994	0.0016	0.20	0.42	0.27
	1997	0.0018	0.23	0.45	0.28
	1998	0.0027	0.29	0.60	0.48
	2000	0.0028	0.29	0.54	0.34
Czech R.	1992	0.0023	0.11	0.18	0.29
Czech R.	1996	0.0022	0.17	0.31	0.27
Denmark	1987	0.0024	0.27	0.44	0.87
	1992	0.0025	0.22	0.44	0.56
	1995	0.0008	0.07	0.13	0.22
	2000	0.0009	0.07	0.14	0.23
	2004	0.0007	0.08	0.16	0.19
Estonia	2000	0.0051	0.45	0.77	0.84
Finland	1987	0.0017	0.23	0.33	0.89
	1991	0.0016	0.23	0.22	0.90
	1995	0.0027	0.23	0.28	0.69
	2000	0.0032	0.28	0.38	0.86
France	1979	0.0034	0.34	0.56	0.66
	1981	0.0053	0.57	0.54	*
	1984(a)	0.0030	0.36	0.60	0.59
	1984(b)	0.0028	0.30	0.55	0.87
	1989	0.0033	0.34	0.57	0.80
	1994	0.0028	0.30	0.48	0.58
	2000	0.0027	0.29	0.54	0.60
Germany	1973	0.0014	0.13	0.18	0.47
	1978	0.0016	0.14	0.17	0.54
	1981	0.0050	0.48	0.56	1.38
	1983	0.0016	0.16	0.27	0.54
	1984	0.0052	0.47	0.92	1.35
	1989	0.0056	0.45	0.72	1.24
	1994	0.0053	0.43	0.89	1.10
	2000	0.0035	0.37	0.77	0.72
Greece	1995	0.0048	0.57	0.96	1.19
Greece	2000	0.0059	0.67	1.21	1.27
Hungary	1991	0.0072	0.70	1.13	1.40
	1994	0.0075	0.75	1.42	1.13
	1999	0.0075	0.60	0.13	0.67
Ireland	1987	0.0058	1.00	1.09	1.43
	1994	0.0074	0.84	1.34	1.88
	1995	0.0085	1.03	1.73	2.03
	1996	0.0080	1.12	1.95	2.44
	2000	0.0108	1.19	1.94	2.80
Israel	1979	0.0056	0.89	1.27	2.51
	1986	0.0033	0.59	0.88	1.45
	1992	0.0038	0.57	0.88	1.21
	1997	0.0042	0.61	0.53	0.85
	2001	0.0042	0.63	1.00	1.30
Italy	1986	0.0046	0.51	0.84	1.06
	1987	0.0047	0.61	1.04	1.28
	1989	0.0043	0.48	0.77	1.12
	1991	0.0043	0.47	1.00	1.16
	1993	0.0044	0.64	1.37	0.96
	1995	0.0050	0.60	1.34	0.94
	1998	0.0070	0.62	1.25	1.02
	2000	0.0048	0.59	1.35	0.87
Luxembourg	1985	0.0042	0.55	1.01	1.72
	1991	0.0061	0.71	1.51	2.51
	1994	0.0049	0.53	1.01	1.29
	1997	0.0050	0.61	1.34	1.08
	2000	0.0051	0.78	1.33	0.95
Mexico	1984	0.0077	0.91	1.19	2.35
	1989	0.0057	0.72	0.90	1.49
	1992	0.0059	0.64	0.87	1.64
	1994	0.0048	0.61	0.80	1.72
	1996	0.0043	0.51	0.68	1.32
	1998	0.0048	0.57	0.78	1.41
	2000	0.0065	0.64	0.89	1.45
	2002	0.0057	0.54	0.74	1.41
Netherlands	1983	0.0084	0.32	0.43	0.63
	1987	0.0041	0.42	0.85	0.14
	1991	0.0049	0.42	0.84	0.67
	1994	0.0035	0.45	0.77	0.73
	1999	0.0041	0.55	0.97	0.51
Norway	1979	0.0025	0.26	0.42	0.49
	1986	0.0030	0.37	0.56	1.27
	1991	0.0042	0.43	0.76	1.20
	1995	0.0037	0.30	0.47	0.89
	2000	0.0035	0.24	0.39	0.91
Poland	1986	0.0026	0.32	0.52	0.73
	1992	0.0037	0.47	0.80	0.89
	1995	0.0021	0.21	0.39	0.33
	1999	0.0018	0.23	0.43	0.30
Romania	1995	0.0020	0.21	0.41	0.35
Romania	1997	0.0023	0.19	0.37	0.37
Russia	1992	0.0049	0.56	0.97	1.20
	1995	0.0065	0.64	1.23	1.22
	2000	0.0068	0.79	1.27	1.02
Slovak Rep.	1992	0.0018	0.11	0.17	0.21
Slovak Rep.	1996	0.0041	0.29	(na)	(na)
Slovenia	1997	0.0043	0.59	1.07	1.45
Slovenia	1999	0.0040	0.48	0.84	1.40
Spain	1980	0.0025	0.28	0.39	0.58
	1990	0.0027	0.28	0.47	0.47
	1995	0.0047	0.55	0.97	0.83
	2000	0.0055	0.56	1.14	1.11
Sweden	1975	0.0021	0.35	0.18	1.47
	1981	0.0022	0.32	0.46	0.71
	1987	0.0023	0.33	0.33	1.11
	1992	0.0022	0.27	0.40	0.87
	1995	0.0021	0.21	0.29	0.27
	2000	0.0025	0.22	0.45	0.39
Switzerland	1982	0.0051	0.34	0.57	1.12
	1992	0.0053	0.45	0.85	0.61
	2000	0.0053	0.57	1.07	1.48
	2002	0.0057	0.51	0.85	1.59
Taiwan	1981	0.0019	0.21	0.29	0.75
	1986	0.0020	0.20	0.27	0.62
	1991	0.0020	0.22	0.29	0.73
	1995	0.0021	0.22	0.30	0.70
	1997	0.0022	0.26	0.39	0.76
	2000	0.0023	0.27	0.38	0.75
U.K.	1969	0.0032	0.33	0.51	0.86
	1974	0.0033	0.40	0.62	1.15
	1979	0.0031	0.40	0.62	0.94
	1986	0.0032	0.46	0.76	0.53
	1991	0.0039	0.59	0.90	0.95
	1994	0.0024	0.28	0.44	0.41
	1995	0.0043	0.53	1.00	0.83
	1999	0.0023	0.23	0.48	0.47
U.S.	1974	0.0027	0.36	0.76	0.95
	1979	0.0023	0.38	0.67	0.93
	1986	0.0026	0.43	0.86	0.90
	1991	0.0012	0.21	0.37	0.38
	1994	0.0014	0.19	0.43	0.38
	1997	0.0019	0.19	0.41	0.43
	2000	0.0021	0.21	0.41	0.45