Income Inequality in Australia

Michael Fletcher and Ben Guttermann
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Michael Fletcher: Treasury, Government of Australia
Ben Guttermann: Treasury, Government of Australia

Economic Roundup, 2013, issue 2, 35-56

Abstract: Australia has experienced a sustained period of solid real income growth, along with a modest increase in income inequality. Incomes in lower deciles were strongly supported by growth in labour participation, while those in the upper deciles were supported by growth in returns on capital investment. This paper contends that the income inequality debate may need to be refocused on those at the very bottom of the income distribution and away from those at the very top.

Keywords: Income; Inequality; Gini coefficient; Gini; Distribution; Transfers; Welfare Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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