The main objective of this paper is to present and analyze a fairly comprehensive and reliable set of data on personal income distribution in Trinidad and to compare those findings with those for Jamaica.
The main objective of this paper is to present and analyze a fairly comprehensive and reliable set of data on income distribution in Jamaica. Jamaican households ranking in the top 20 percent in income commanded 61.5 percent of income, and those in the bottom 20 percent only 2.2 percent.