What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient for gross individual income. A single source series is used, taken from Hancock (1971).
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient for gross household income. A single source series is used, taken from Ingels (1981).
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable weekly household income from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: linked back at 1994 to the LIS series for Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable household income. The ABS figures indicate a break in the series in 2007 due to a change in methodology that was also partially applied in the 2003–04 and 2005–06 series. It notes that "Estimates presented for 2007–08 onwards are not directly comparable with estimates for previous cycles due to the improvements made to measuring income introduced in the 2007–08 cycle. Estimates for 2003–04 and 2005–06 have been recompiled to reflect the new measures of income, however not all components introduced in 2007–08 are available for earlier cycles." The comparability of the surveys conducted over the decade to 2010 is discussed in more detail by Wilkins (2014), who concludes that due to the changes in survey methodology, "it is not possible to produce definitive estimates of income inequality trends between 2001 and 2010."
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Pre-tax fiscal income share held by the top 1%. A single source series is used, taken from WID.world. Data relates to individuals over age 15.
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Pre-tax national income share held by the top 1%. A single source series is used, taken from WID.world. This data relates to individuals over age 20, assuming resources are split equally within couples.
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Share of population with equivalised (square root scale) disposable household income below 60% of the median. A single source series is used, taken from LIS.
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gross individual earnings at top decile as percentage of median from series constructed based on multiple reports from the Australian Bureau Statistics, Series 6306.0: this data refers to weekly total cash earnings; linked with no multiplier across 2004 and 2006 to series calculated from Australia Employee Earnings and Hours (EEH), as reported in Atkinson (2008); data relates to weekly earnings of all workers, based on the May survey 'Employee Earnings and Hours': linked back at 1998 to series from OECD LMS, which is also presented in Atkinson (2008); data relates to full-time workers (all jobs prior to 1988), based on the August household survey 'Weekly Earnings of Employees'.
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Share of total household net wealth held by the top 1%, from Katic and Leigh (2015): the 1915 observation is based on national wealth survey (tabulations); an inheritance tax series is used from 1953 to 1978 (when the inheritance tax was abolished); and observations since 1987 are based on national wealth surveys (micro data).