Published October 8, 2021 | Version v1
Dataset

The Chartbook of Economic Inequality

Creators

Description

This Chartbook presents the empirical evidence about long-run changes in economic inequality. The chartbook covers 25 countries – often over the course of more than one hundred years. For each country a chart shows how different dimensions of economic inequality have changed over time. A detailed description of the data sources is given for each country.

Additional details

Identifiers

B2SHARE Legacy Record ID
1d5f68a6816e48ceb62cf8f0887f6e9a

InGRID metadata

Access
Freely accessible without registration
Additional information
Since 1900
Category
Datasets
Data providers
Atkinson, Hasell, Morelli, and Roser (2017), "The Chartbook of Economic Inequality"
Data type
Time series
Domain
Poverty
Geographic coverage
Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
InGRID tags
income, poverty, wealth, consumption, inequality, living conditions, comparative indexes, income inequality, eanrings dispersion, overall income inequality, poverty, top incomes shares, wealth inequality
Link to receive access
https://www.chartbookofeconomicinequality.com/
Text documents available
True
Time span
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Unit of analysis
National level