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The average income of all households in the first quarter increased 1.3 percent from the same period last year.

The government also assessed that the income gap has eased, but it was analyzed by Park Minh-ha.

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Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki, held a secret meeting privately.

It was because of the large income gap in last year that I received a lot of attacks because the first quarter household income statistics came out.

The first evaluation of the meeting was "The income gap was eased".

The disposable income of the top 20% households is getting the income gap by a few percentage points of the lowest 20% income. It fell in the first quarter of this year by 5.8 times in 4 years.

But let's look at the details.

Earlier this year, the top 20 percent of the income decreased by 2.2 percent.

The bottom 20 percent of income also decreased by 2.5 percent due to the fact that temporary and daily jobs were reduced, resulting in a decrease in earned income.

So the income gap narrowed as the top and bottom income shrank, not because the situation of the low income group improved.

It's not a good distribution improvement.

The income of the lowest 20% group has decreased for 5 consecutive quarters, and the amount of money that can be used freely except for taxes and insurance premiums has decreased in almost 10 years.

Especially, the fact that self-employed households fell to a lower income level than before due to poor business was remarkable.

The government emphasized whether the drop in income of the bottom 20 percent has not been reduced and that the middle - income group has not increased its income a little bit.

Government support, such as unemployment benefits and pensions, has helped prevent income declines and worsening income gaps.

However, it is clear that the effect of economic policies that enable low income earners to earn a good job or to increase their incomes due to good business is not yet clear.