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Table 10 Atkinson index of all couples households

From: Analysing Gordon’s trade-off by adapting Thurow’s approach of pure public good to the German energy sector

Atkinson index 2008—all couples

Atkinson epsilon

Gross income

Net income

Private consumption

Energy

Residential energy

Car energya

Foodb

All couples

1.0

0.138

0.118

0.050

0.025

0.015

0.047

0.011

1.5

0.204

0.174

0.075

0.039

0.022

0.076

0.016

2.0

0.266

0.227

0.100

0.053

0.029

0.106

0.022

2.5

0.323

0.277

0.124

0.067

0.037

0.139

0.038

  1. Source: Own calculations 2016
  2. aCar energy = fuel and lubricants
  3. bFood, beverages (non-alcohol and alcohol), and tobacco
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