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Table 7 Income inequality measures for market, gross and disposable incomes, 2008 to 2011

From: Crisis, response and distributional impact: the case of Ireland

 

Market

Gross

Disposable

Decile

2008

2011

2008

2011

2008

2011

Bottom

0.0

0.0

3.0

2.5

3.5

3.0

2

0.4

0.0

4.4

4.1

5.0

5.0

3

2.5

0.5

5.2

5.0

5.9

6.0

4

4.5

2.8

6.2

5.8

6.8

6.9

5

6.8

5.2

7.2

6.9

8.0

7.9

6

9.0

7.9

8.7

8.3

9.2

9.2

7

11.2

11.3

10.0

10.1

10.2

10.5

8

13.9

15.0

12.5

12.5

12.2

12.4

9

18.3

20.5

15.3

16.1

14.7

15.2

Top

33.5

36.8

27.6

28.6

24.5

24.0

Gini

0.519

0.586

0.357

0.380

0.309

0.311

Theil

0.344

0.371

0.233

0.249

0.178

0.165

  1. Source: Authors’ analysis of SILC data 2008 and 2011.