Sources

Overall Income Inequality: Gini coefficient - Household per capita monthly earnings (employed population)

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient of income for the employed population from Krongkaew and Ragyah (2006); the sources states that the data refer to "employed population, not households". Linked back at 1975 to figure for 1966 from Rao (1988), as presented in Krongkaew and Ragyah (2006).

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Overall Income Inequality: Gini coefficient - Household per capita monthly earnings

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient of household per capita monthly earnings. A single source series is used, taken from Rao (1988), as presented in Krongkaew and Ragyah (2006).

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Overall Income Inequality: Gini coefficient - Household per capita disposable earnings (employed population)

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient of household per capita disposable earnings "after accounting for government transfers and taxes". A single source series is used, taken from Statistics Singapore via SingStat Table Builder, "based on the sample of households surveyed in the June Comprehensive Labour Force Surveys conducted by the Ministry of Manpower every year, except for 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2020 which are based on the Censuses of Population and the mid-decade General Household Survey. The income estimates are based on income as reported by survey respondents and augmented with administrative data".

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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 fiscal income share held by top percentile. A single source series is used, taken from WID.world. Data relates to individuals over age 15.

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

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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Earnings Dispersion: Top quartile as % median - Gross monthly earnings (employed population)

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gross monthly income at top quartile as percentage of the median. A single source series is used, taken from Statistics Singapore via SingStat Table Builder.

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Earnings Dispersion: Top decile as % median - Household per capita earnings

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Household per capita earnings at the top decile as a percentage of the median. A single source series is used, taken from Statistics Singapore via SingStat Table Builder, based on "the sample of households surveyed in the June Comprehensive Labour Force Surveys conducted by the Ministry of Manpower every year, except for 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2020 which are based on the Censuses of Population and the mid-decade General Household Survey".

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Earnings Dispersion: Bottom quintile as % median - Gross monthly individual earnings (employed population)

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gross monthly individual earnings at bottom quintile as percentage of the median. A single source series is used, taken from Statistics Singapore via SingStat Table Builder, based on income data captured from the Labour Force Survey. Before 2009, full-time employment refers to employment where the normal hours of work is 30 hours or more in a week. From 2009 onwards, full-time employment refers to employment where the normal hours of work is 35 hours or more in a week.

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