Measuring Ancient Inequality

Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes and life expectancies as unequal as they are today? For want of sufficient data, these questions have not yet been answered. This paper infers inequalit...

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Main Authors:	Milanovic, Branko, Lindert, Peter H., Williamson, Jeffrey G.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE ACCOUNTING ADVANCED COUNTRIES ANNUAL INCOME ANNUAL INCOMES ANNUAL WAGE AVERAGE ANNUAL AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES AVERAGE INEQUALITY BANKS BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY CALCULATION CALCULATIONS CENTRAL AMERICA CONFLICT CONSTANT RETURNS CONSUMER CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DATA SET DEBT DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DISPOSABLE INCOME ECONOMIC DECLINE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL SUPPORT EMPIRICAL WORK FARM WORKERS FARMERS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOOD CROPS GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GROUP INEQUALITY HIGH INEQUALITY HIGHER INFANT MORTALITY HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME CONCEPTS INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTION DATA INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME MEAN INCOME SHARE INCOME SHARES INCOME SOURCE INCOME SOURCES INCOME TAX INCOMES INCREASED INEQUALITY INCREASING FUNCTION INEQUALITY INEQUALITY COMPONENT INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY OBSERVATIONS INEQUALITY RESULTS INFANT MORTALITY INTERNATIONAL PRICES LANDLESS PEASANTS LIFE EXPECTANCIES LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE SPAN LIFE SPANS LIFETIME LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MEASURED INEQUALITY MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY MIDDLE CLASS MONETARY ECONOMICS NATIONAL ECONOMY PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR COUNTRIES POOR ECONOMIES POOR INDIVIDUALS POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY MEASURES PUBLIC SECTOR RENTS RESOURCE ENDOWMENTS RISING INEQUALITY RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL INCOMES RURAL LABORERS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS SAHARA SALARIES SECONDARY SOURCES SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOURCES OF INCOME TAXATION URBAN POPULATION WAGE WAGES WAR WELL-BEING WESTERN EUROPE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8789801/measuring-ancient-inequality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7630

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7630

Measuring Ancient Inequality

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