Sources

Overall Income Inequality: Gini coefficient - Equivalised disposable household income ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient for equivalised (CBS scale) disposable household income from the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS); linked back at 2011 to another series from the same source that was discontinued in 2014; linked back at 2000 to figures provided directly by the CBS; linked back at 1977 to a series for unequivalised disposable income among tax units from Trimp (1996).

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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 (equal-split adults) ★

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, assuming resources are split equally within couples.

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Top Income Shares: Share of top 1% - Pre-tax fiscal income (tax units, excluding capital gains) ★

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 tax units.

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Poverty: Share below 60% median - Equivalised disposable household income ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Percentage of individuals living in households with equivalised (EU scale) disposable income below 60 per cent of the median (after social transfers). A single source series is used, taken from Eurostat (ilc_li02 series), based on EU-SILC and ECHP surveys. We adjust the data back by one year to align with the income reference period used within the surveys.

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

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Earnings at top decile as percentage of median earnings from the OECD: linked with no multiplier to series from OECD LMS, as reported in Atkinson (2008), calculated from the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek's (CBS) yearly Survey of Earnings

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Wealth Inequality: Share of top 1% - Household net wealth ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Househould net wealth share held by the top 1%. A single source series is used, taken from Roine & Waldenström (2015). Data from 1905 to 1974 counts children aged 18 years or older living at home as a separate household, and is based on the work of Wilterdink (1984); data from 1993 to 2011 includes adult children living at home in the parents’ household, and is based on figures from Statistics Netherlands and Salverda et al. (2013), submitted by Wiemer Salverda.

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Wealth Inequality: Gini coefficient - Household net wealth ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient for equivalised (CBS scale) household net wealth. A single source series is used, taken from the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS).

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Wealth Inequality: Share of top 1% - Net wealth (equal-slit adults) ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Net wealth share held by the top 1%. A single source series is used, taken from WID.world. These data refer to individuals, assuming resources are split equally within couples.

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