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Table 9 Decomposition by population sub-group–number of earners in household

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

Number of earners in household

Population share

Mean income

 

(€'000 per year)

 

2008

2009

2010

2011

2008

2009

2010

2011

0

17%

21%

25%

25%

14.4

14.3

14.0

13.5

1

29%

33%

36%

33%

22.4

21.0

19.9

19.5

2

36%

33%

31%

34%

28.0

29.5

29.2

28.3

3+

18%

13%

9%

8%

25.9

28.5

29.2

25.5

 

Income share

Gini

 

2008

2009

2010

2011

2008

2009

2010

2011

0

11%

13%

16%

16%

0.23

0.22

0.27

0.27

1

28%

30%

32%

30%

0.34

0.27

0.29

0.28

2

43%

42%

41%

45%

0.28

0.26

0.27

0.27

3+

19%

15%

12%

10%

0.22

0.21

0.22

0.21

All households

    

0.31

0.29

0.32

0.31

 

2008

2009

2010

2011

    

Within-group inequality

0.25

0.16

0.21

0.17

    

Between group inequality

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.04

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