Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class?

Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class?

Using national income and expenditure distribution data from 119 countries, the authors decompose total income inequality between the individuals in the world, by continent and by "region" (countries grouped by income level). They use a G...

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Main Authors:	Milanovic, Branko, Yitzhaki, Shlomo
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AVERAGE INCOME BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY CITIZEN CITIZENS COUNTRY DATA DATA COVERAGE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTION DATA DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GROSS INCOME GROUP INEQUALITY HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME MEAN INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SHARE INCOME SHARES INCOMES INCREASING FUNCTION INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION LOW INCOME MEAN INCOME MEAN VALUE MIDDLE CLASS NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SHARE PURCHASING POWER RESIDUAL TERM SIGNIFICANT EFFECT TRANSITION ECONOMIES WELFARE INDICATORS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1003175/decomposing-world-income-distribution-world-middle-class http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19693

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1003175/decomposing-world-income-distribution-world-middle-class
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19693

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