Sources

Overall Income Inequality: Gini coefficient - Equivalised disposable household income (series 3) ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable household income. A single source series is used, taken from series calculated by Pererinha (1988) based on household surveys carried out by the INE, as presented in Rodrigues, Figueiras, and Junqueira (2012) Quadro 14.

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Overall Income Inequality: Gini coefficient - Equivalised disposable household income (series 2) ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable household income. A single source series is used, taken from Rodrigues (1996), as presented in Rodrigues, Figueiras, and Junqueira (2012) Quadro 16. The authors note that there are methodological differences between the Pereirinha (1988) study and Rodrigues' (1996) study "in terms of the scope of family income, the equivalence scales used, etc".

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Overall Income Inequality: Gini coefficient - Equivalised disposable household income (series 1) ★

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable household income from Eurostat (ilc_di12 series), based on EU-SILC surveys (we adjust the data back by one year to align with the income reference period used within the EU-SILC survey); linked back at 2000 to series based on INE PEADP from 1993 to 2000, as presented in Rodrigues, Figueiras & Junqueira (2012) Quadro 18.

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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 the top 1%. A single source series is used, taken from WID.world. Data relates to individuals over age 20 minus married women.

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

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. Data relates to individuals, assuming resources are split equally within couples.

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

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Post-tax national income share held by the top 1%. A single source series is used, taken from WID.world. Data relates to individuals, assuming resources are split equally within couples.

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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) from Rodrigues, Figueiras, and Junqueira (2011) Quadro 10; linked backwards at 1993 to estimates for 1980 and 1990 from Rodrigues (2005); linked with no multiplier at 2000 to data 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 series calculated by Carlos Farinha Rodrigues based on a a sample of Quadros de Pessoal (personnel records of employers with at least one employee), as presented in Atkinson (2008); linked forwards at 2002 to the series the OECD.

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