Arbeitspapier
Global interpersonal inequality: Trends and measurement
This paper discusses different approaches to the measurement of global interpersonal in equality. Trends in global interpersonal inequality during 1975-2005 are measured using data from UNU-WIDER's World Income Inequality Database. In order to better understand the trends, global interpersonal inequality is decomposed into within-country and between-country inequality. The paper illustrates that the relationship between global interpersonal inequality and these constituent components is a complex one. In particular, we demonstrate that the changes in China's and India's income distributions over the past 30 years have simultaneously caused inequality to rise domestically in those countries, while tending to reduce global inter-personal inequality. In light of these findings, we reflect on the meaning and policy relevance of global vis-à-vis domestic inequality measures.
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- ISBN
-
978-92-9230-725-7
- Erschienen in
-
Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2014/004
- Klassifikation
-
Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- Thema
-
global interpersonal inequality
inequality
inequality measurement
- Ereignis
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
-
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel
Roope, Laurence
Tarp, Finn
- Ereignis
-
Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
-
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- (wo)
-
Helsinki
- (wann)
-
2014
- DOI
-
doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2014/725-7
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ
Datenpartner
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel
- Roope, Laurence
- Tarp, Finn
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Entstanden
- 2014