Distributional national accounts for Australia, 1991–2018

Matthew Fisher-Post (), Nicolas Hérault () and Roger Wilkins ()
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Matthew Fisher-Post: World Inequality Lab, Paris School of Economics
Nicolas Hérault: World Inequality Lab, Paris School of Economics
Roger Wilkins: World Inequality Lab, Paris School of Economics

The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2025, vol. 23, issue 1, No 2, 27-42

Abstract: Abstract We produce estimates of the full distribution of all national income in Australia for the period 1991 to 2018, by combining household survey with administrative tax microdata and making adjustments to match National Accounts aggregates. We find that inequality of post-tax national income is lower and increased less than inequality of survey-based (post-transfer, disposable) income between 1991 and 2018. International comparisons reveal that Australian inequality is much lower than that of the United States, while it is similar to that of France, with those at the bottom of the income distribution faring noticeably better in France and Australia than in the US.

Keywords: Income inequality; National accounts; D31; D33; E01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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