The Journal of Chinese Sociology

Table 1 Measurement of income inequality and wealth inequality, 2017

From: A new approach to social inequality: inequality of income and wealth in South Korea

	Survey data	Linked data
Income
Median	3,698	3,966
Maximum	102,400	161,310
Gini coefficient	.4236	.4416
Share by top 10%	.2883	.3165
Share by top 20%	.4598	.4901
p90/p10	12.5800	12.3469
Palma ratio	2.4542	2.6421
Wealth
Median	21,482	21,482
Maximum	2,670,220	2,670,220
Gini coefficient	.5738	.5738
Share by top 10%	.4389	.4389
Share by top 20%	.6147	.6147
p90/p10	55.6727	55.6727
Palma ratio	7.2046	7.2046

Note: The unit of income and wealth is 10 thousand Won, which is equivalent to roughly 9 US Dollars. The linked data use information about income from the tax agency, but it uses information about wealth from the survey data

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