TABLE
13-2 Comparisons of Gini and Atkinson Measures of
Income Inequality for Households (Unadjusted Income) and for Persons
(Equivalent Income)a
|
|
Gini Coefficient
|
Atkinson Measure
|
|
|
|
|
Household
|
Persona
|
Country
and Year
|
Household
|
Persona
|
e = 1b
|
e = 2
|
e = 1
|
e = 2
|
|
Czechoslovakia
|
|
1980
|
.278
|
.168
|
.145
|
.314
|
.048
|
.102
|
|
1988
|
.290
|
.158
|
.134
|
.284
|
.041
|
.086
|
|
Czech Republic
|
|
1988
|
.291
|
.192
|
.150
|
.310
|
.061
|
.131
|
|
1992
|
.320
|
.210
|
.161
|
.312
|
.078
|
.140
|
|
Hungary
|
|
1989
|
.312
|
.237
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
|
1992
|
.361
|
.295
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
|
Poland
|
|
1987
|
.294
|
.217
|
.144
|
.290
|
.074
|
.145
|
|
1990
|
.325
|
.248
|
.170
|
.327
|
.101
|
.186
|
|
1992
|
.299
|
.243
|
.147
|
.284
|
.095
|
.177
|
aUses 1.00, .66, .33 equivalence scale and person weights.
bThe parameter e represents the weight
attached by society to inequality in the income
distribution (see text).
n.a. = not available
SOURCES: Czechoslovakia: 1980, 1988 Microcensus; Czech Republic:
1992 Microcensus.
Hungary: 1987 Hungarian Income Survey; 1992 Hungarian Household
Panel Survey. Poland:
1987, 1990, 1992 Household Budget Survey.
