The Distribution of Income in Ireland (2000) - Combat Poverty Agency

VIII The Distribution of Income in IrelandTable 3.10: Position in the Income Distribution of PersonsCategorised by Household Composition Type, 1994 LIISurvey 30Table 3.11: Decile Shares and Summary InequalityMeasures, Disposable Income among Irish Households,1994,1997 and 1998 Living in Ireland Surveys 31Table 3.12: Decile Shares for Direct and Gross Incomeamong Households, 1994,1997 and 1998 LII Survey 32Table 3.13: Decile Shares in Equivalised DisposableIncome for Irish Households, 1994,1997 and 1998 LIISurveys (1/0.66/0.33 Scale) 33Table 4.1: Decile Shares in Disposable Income for IrishHouseholds in 1987 and 1994, ESRI and HBS Surveys 36Table 4.2: Decile Shares in Gross Income for IrishHouseholds in 1987 and 1994, ESRI and HBS Surveys 37Table 4.3: Decile Shares in Equivalised Gross andDisposable Income for Irish Households, 1987 and 1994ESRI Surveys (1/0.66/0.33 Scale) 38Table 4.4: Decile Shares in Equivalised Disposable Incomefor Irish Households, 1987 and 1994 ESRI Surveys,Alternative Equivalence Scales 39Table 4.5: Decile Shares in Disposable Income among IrishHouseholds, 1973, 1980, 1987 and 1994/95 HBS 40Table 4.6: Suits Progressivity Index and Average Tax Ratefor Income Tax and PRSI Contributions, 1973, 1980, 1987and 1994/95 46Table 4.7: Decomposition of Inequality in DisposableEquivalised Income by Labour Force Status of Head,1987 ESRI Survey 48Table 5.1: Decile Shares in Disposable Income among IrishHouseholds, Current versus Annual Income, 1994 Living inIreland Survey/ECHPList of Tables and Figures IXTable 5.2 : Decile Shares in Disposable Income amongHouseholds, Wavel ECHP 54Table 5.3: Summary Inequality Measures for Distribution ofDisposable Income among Households, Wave 1 ECHP,1993 55Table 5.4 : Decile Shares in Equivalised Disposable Incomeamong Persons Wave 1 ECHP, 1993 57Table 5.5: Summary Inequality Measures for Distribution ofEquivalised (Modified OECD Scale) Disposable Incomeamong Persons, Wave 1 ECHP, 1993 58Table 5.6: Gini Coefficient for Equivalised DisposableIncome Among Persons in ECHP Wave 1, 1993, AlternativeEquivalence Scales 59Table 5.7: Gini Coefficient for Equivalised DisposableIncome among Persons in ECHP Wave 1, 1993, and Wave2, 1994, Modified OECD Scale 60Table 5.8: Gini Coefficient, Equivalised Income amongPersons, Square Root Scale, Wave 1 ECHP and Atkinson,Rainwater and Smeeding (ARS) Study (Equivalence scalesquare root of household size) 62 #Table 6.1: Distribution of Earnings, Ireland 1987, 1994 and1997 70Table 6.2: Summary Measures of Earnings Dispersion,Ireland and Other OECD countries, 1994 72Table 6.3: Trends in Earnings Dispersion, Ireland andOther OECD Countries, 1987-1994 73Table 6.4: Education Attainment Level, Ireland 1987 and1994 74Table 6.5: Median Hourly Earnings and Ratio of Top toBottom Decile by Education Category, All Employees, 1987and 1994 (IR£ per hour) 75Table 7.1: Female Participation Rates in the OECD, 1984and 1994 81