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Sources of Income Inequality in Australia, 1968‐69 *
Author(s) -
MURRAY DAVID
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1978.tb00327.x
Subject(s) - inequality , economics , economic inequality , income inequality metrics , theil index , gini coefficient , demographic economics , income distribution , work (physics) , labour economics , mathematics , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , engineering
There are wide divergences in the mean incomes of males and females in Australia. In addition income is related to age, education and work force participation. This paper uses decompositions of Theil and Gini income‐inequality coefficients to examine the extent to which inequality of earned income may be explained by these various factors. It is suggested that education and age, singly and jointly, explain a major part of inequality. Having allowed for these factors, sex appears to have a limited residual importance.