Table A.3
The sensitivity of income inequality indexes to top coding
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1995 | 2000 | 2010 | 1995 | 2000 | 2010 | 1995 | 2000 | 2010 | 1995 | 2000 | 2010 | |
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squared coefficient of variation | Gini coefficient | Theil index | mean log deviation | |||||||||
No top coding | ||||||||||||
All | 0.935 | 2.080 | 1.665 | 0.343 | 0.368 | 0.372 | 0.221 | 0.286 | 0.281 | 0.242 | 0.281 | 0.281 |
Immigrants for 1 to 5 years | 0.726 | 4.266 | 1.471 | 0.367 | 0.400 | 0.389 | 0.246 | 0.338 | 0.293 | 0.312 | 0.367 | 0.343 |
Immigrants for 5 to 10 years | 0.781 | 1.439 | 0.912 | 0.364 | 0.390 | 0.387 | 0.240 | 0.289 | 0.269 | 0.303 | 0.360 | 0.362 |
Immigrants for 11 to 15 years | 0.718 | 1.230 | 1.012 | 0.353 | 0.375 | 0.386 | 0.227 | 0.271 | 0.272 | 0.260 | 0.308 | 0.339 |
Long-term immigrants and the Canadian-born | 0.928 | 2.053 | 1.666 | 0.338 | 0.364 | 0.367 | 0.215 | 0.280 | 0.276 | 0.232 | 0.270 | 0.269 |
Top coded at $1,000,000 | ||||||||||||
All | 0.635 | 0.909 | 0.848 | 0.342 | 0.363 | 0.368 | 0.214 | 0.256 | 0.256 | 0.240 | 0.274 | 0.275 |
Immigrants for 1 to 5 years | 0.682 | 1.006 | 0.848 | 0.367 | 0.394 | 0.387 | 0.245 | 0.291 | 0.277 | 0.312 | 0.357 | 0.339 |
Immigrants for 5 to 10 years | 0.625 | 0.831 | 0.671 | 0.363 | 0.388 | 0.386 | 0.235 | 0.275 | 0.263 | 0.302 | 0.357 | 0.360 |
Immigrants for 11 to 15 years | 0.648 | 0.811 | 0.730 | 0.353 | 0.373 | 0.384 | 0.224 | 0.256 | 0.262 | 0.260 | 0.304 | 0.336 |
Long-term immigrants and the Canadian-born | 0.622 | 0.896 | 0.835 | 0.337 | 0.358 | 0.362 | 0.208 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.230 | 0.262 | 0.262 |
Top coded at $500,000 | ||||||||||||
All | 0.552 | 0.698 | 0.675 | 0.340 | 0.359 | 0.364 | 0.207 | 0.239 | 0.241 | 0.238 | 0.268 | 0.269 |
Immigrants for 1 to 5 years | 0.634 | 0.781 | 0.732 | 0.366 | 0.392 | 0.386 | 0.242 | 0.278 | 0.270 | 0.311 | 0.353 | 0.337 |
Immigrants for 5 to 10 years | 0.582 | 0.702 | 0.622 | 0.363 | 0.386 | 0.385 | 0.233 | 0.268 | 0.260 | 0.301 | 0.354 | 0.359 |
Immigrants for 11 to 15 years | 0.581 | 0.670 | 0.635 | 0.352 | 0.370 | 0.383 | 0.220 | 0.247 | 0.256 | 0.258 | 0.301 | 0.334 |
Long-term immigrants and the Canadian-born | 0.538 | 0.684 | 0.660 | 0.335 | 0.354 | 0.358 | 0.202 | 0.233 | 0.234 | 0.228 | 0.256 | 0.256 |
Top coded at $300,000 | ||||||||||||
All | 0.496 | 0.580 | 0.566 | 0.339 | 0.355 | 0.359 | 0.201 | 0.225 | 0.226 | 0.235 | 0.262 | 0.262 |
Immigrants for 1 to 5 years | 0.596 | 0.690 | 0.671 | 0.365 | 0.390 | 0.384 | 0.239 | 0.270 | 0.264 | 0.310 | 0.350 | 0.335 |
Immigrants for 5 to 10 years | 0.547 | 0.637 | 0.586 | 0.362 | 0.385 | 0.384 | 0.230 | 0.261 | 0.256 | 0.300 | 0.352 | 0.358 |
Immigrants for 11 to 15 years | 0.527 | 0.594 | 0.585 | 0.350 | 0.368 | 0.381 | 0.214 | 0.239 | 0.250 | 0.256 | 0.298 | 0.331 |
Long-term immigrants and the Canadian-born | 0.482 | 0.565 | 0.550 | 0.334 | 0.350 | 0.353 | 0.195 | 0.219 | 0.219 | 0.226 | 0.250 | 0.249 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank. |
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