Income inequality among households is still at a slightly high level.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the results of the survey on income disparity, and the income disparity among households excluding public pensions was slightly higher than the previous survey in 2014, which was the largest ever, but still high I found that it was in the standard.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conducts a survey called “Income Redistribution Survey” once every three years. In 2017, the survey was conducted from July to August, and responses were received from approximately 4400 households nationwide. .
According to this, the average income per household excluding public pensions was 4,292,000 yen, an increase of 366,000 yen, or 9.3% compared to the previous survey in 2014.
Looking at the index of “Gini coefficient” that represents the income disparity between households, Ototoshi was 0.5594. The Gini coefficient approaches “1” when the disparity increases, and indicates that the disparity is smaller as it approaches “0”, which is an improvement of 0.011 points from the previous 0.5704, which was the largest ever.
The income gap has narrowed for the first time in 36 years since 1981, but it remains at a high level.
On the other hand, the “Gini coefficient” after social security benefits such as public pensions and tax redistribution was 0.3721, an improvement of 0.0038 points from the previous time, which was almost flat.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, “At the time of the day, the income was raised by improving employment, and the disparity was stopped to a certain extent. It was confirmed once again that the function of income redistribution such as pension is effective "