Global Income Inequality by the Numbers : In History and Now

Global Income Inequality by the Numbers : In History and Now

The paper presents an overview of calculations of global inequality, recently and over the long-run as well as main controversies and political and philosophical implications of the findings. It focuses in particular on the winners and losers of th...

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Main Author: Milanovic, Branko
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
BOTTOM LINE
CONCEPTS OF INEQUALITY
CONFLICT
CUMULATIVE INCOME
CUMULATIVE POPULATION
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DIFFERENCES IN INCOME
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
DOWNWARD BIAS
ECONOMIC REVIEW
EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
FINANCIAL CRISIS
GDP
GINI COEFFICIENT
GINI COEFFICIENTS
GINI INDEX
GLOBAL INCOME INEQUALITY
GLOBAL INEQUALITY
GROWTH RATES
HIGH GROWTH
HIGH INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME
INCOME CONVERGENCE
INCOME COUNTRY
INCOME DATA
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GAINS
INCOME GAPS
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INCREASE
INCOME INEQUALITIES
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INDIVIDUAL INCOMES
INEQUALITY CONCEPT
INEQUALITY ESTIMATES
INEQUALITY INDEX
LORENZ CURVE
LORENZ CURVES
MARKET ECONOMIES
MEAN INCOME
MEAN INCOMES
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
MEASURE OF INEQUALITY
MEASURED INEQUALITY
MEASURING POVERTY
MEDIAN INCOME
MIDDLE CLASS
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL SURVEYS
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL COMMUNITY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR COUNTRY
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY THRESHOLD
POWER PARITY
PURCHASING POWER
REAL INCOME
REAL INCOMES
TOTAL INEQUALITY
WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16920534/global-income-inequality-numbers-history-now---an-overview--
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12117

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16920534/global-income-inequality-numbers-history-now---an-overview--
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12117

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