This paper examines the distribution of household income in Barbados using data from the Household Budget Survey 1978/79. Measures of income inequality are calculated to show the gross and disposable household income position during that period. Government's taxation and expenditure policies seem to have reduced the extent of income inequality. Using the results of a study undertaken by Straw [22] for the year 1951/52, there is some indication that income inequality has increased over the period.
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