What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient for per capita household consumption from PovcalNet of the World Bank, based on National Sample Surveys; linked back in 1983 to data from the World Bank as reported by WIID.
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient for equivalised disposable household income. A single source series is used, taken from LIS (2021). More detail on the construction of this data is available in Vanneman and Dubey (2013).
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.
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, assuming resources are split equally within couples.
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Share below absolute poverty line, based on Expert Group Lakdawala Methodology. The three poverty series we include relate to changes in methodology over time that were implemented in order to better capture changes in the composition and price of the consumption basket of the poor as well as the changing norms and expectations about living conditions. More detail on the differences between these methologies is available in Government of India, Planning Commission (2013) and More and Singh (2014).
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Share below absolute poverty line, based on Expert Group Tendulkar Methodology.
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Share below absolute poverty line, based on Expert Group Rangarajan Methodology.
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient for daily earnings based on National Sample Surveys. A single source series is used, taken from Majumdar (2010). The data relates to regular workers, who get contractual employment over a period of time, and excludes casual workers, who are employed on a day-to-day basis.
What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Share of individual net wealth held by the top 1%. A single source series is used, taken from WID.world. According to the WID's description of the dataset in the sources and information tab, "the population is comprised of individuals over age 20. The base unit is the individual (rather than the household) but resources are split equally within couples". More details on the construction of this data is available in Bharti (2018).