Sources

Overall Income Inequality: Gini coefficient - Equivalised after-tax household income ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient of equivalised (2010 square root scale) after-tax household income. A single source series is used, taken from Statistics Canada.

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Overall Income Inequality: Gini coefficient - Equivalised gross family money income

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient for equivalised gross family income between 1965 and 1983. A single source series is used, taken from Wolfson (1986).

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Overall Income Inequality: Gini coefficient - Gross family income for non-farm families

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient for gross family income, restricted to non-farm families, in 1959 and 1971. A single source series is used, taken from Love (1979).

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Top Income Shares: Share of top 1% - Pre-tax national income (equal-split adults) ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Pre-tax national income share held by top percentile. A single source series is used, taken from WID.world. Data relates to individuals over age 20, assuming resources are split equally within couples.

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Top Income Shares: Share of top 1% - Post-tax national income (individuals) ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Post-tax national income share held by top percentile. A single source series is used, taken from WID.world. Data relates to individuals over age 20.

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Top Income Shares: Share of top 1% - Pre-tax fiscal income (individuals) ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Pre-tax fiscal income share held by top percentile. A single source series is used, taken from WID.world. Data relates to individuals over age 20. The sources notes that "1920–1971: excludes capital gains. 1972–2000: includes capital gains".

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Poverty: Share below 50% median - Equivalised after-tax household income ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Percentage of individuals in households with equivalised after-tax annual income below 50 per cent of the median. A single source series is used, taken from Statistics Canada.

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Earnings Dispersion: Top decile as % median - Gross individual earnings ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gross individual earnings at top decile as percentage of median from OECD; linked back in succession to three earlier series reported in Atkinson (2008).

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Wealth Inequality: Share of top 1% - Net wealth ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Share of net wealth held by the top 1% from Di Matteo & Davis (2021). Di Matteo and Davis' figures are based on estate multiplier estimates for families in Ontario for 1902, estate multiplier estimates for adults in Canada between 1945-1968, and Statistics Canada survey estimates for families in Canada from 1970.

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