Sources

Overall Income Inequality: Gini coefficient - Income (tax units)

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Gini coefficient of after tax incomes of tax units averaged over 2 years. A single source series is used, taken from Abele and Lüthi (1977), based on estimates including non-taxpayers by Noth (1975), where the reference year is the second of the 2 year period.

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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 the LIS (2021).

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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. A single source series is used, taken 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).

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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. This 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 top percentile. A single source series is used, taken from WID.world. This data relates to individuals, 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. This 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. 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? Gross individual earnings at top decile as percentage of median from OECD; linked back at 1996 to the earlier series from OECD LMS, as presented in Atkinson (2008), based on the annual Swiss Labour Force Survey, Enquete Suisse de la Population Active (ESPA).

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

What is the source data that the Chartbook relies on? Total household net wealth share held by wealthiest 1%. A single source series is used, taken from Roine and Waldenström (2015). Figures for 2006-08 provided directly by the author.

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