Atkinson Coefficient (epsilon=0.5)

Quick info
Data type	Numeric
Scale	Metric
Value labels	0 = complete unequal distribution of income 1 = complete equal distribution of income
Technical name	socstr_atkincoef_eps05
Category	Social structure
Label	Atkinson Coefficient (epsilon=0.5)
Related indicators	Atkinson Coefficient (epsilon=1)

The Atkinson Coefficient is measuring income inequality around the world. This Coefficient not only shows the ratio itself but takes different parameters like society's aversion of income inequality into account.

Coding rules

The epsilon is measuring the aversion of the society towards income inequality. The greater the epsilon the more tends the Coefficient towards 1.

Bibliographic info

Citation:

• LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg. (2019). Luxembourg income study database and the luxembourg wealth study database. Retrieved from http://www.lisdatacenter.org/ data-access/key-figures/download-key-figures/

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Misc

Project manager(s): Karolin Meyer, Jean-Yves Gerlitz

Data release:

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Sources

• Teorell, Jan, Stefan Dahlberg, Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, Natalia Alvarado Pachon and Richard Svensson. 2019. The Quality of Government Standard Dataset, version Jan19. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute. http://www.qog.pol.gu.se doi:10.18157/qogstdjan19