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
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Englisch
- ISBN
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978-92-9230-725-7
- Erschienen in
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2014/004
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
inequality
inequality measurement
Roope, Laurence
Tarp, Finn
- DOI
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doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2014/725-7
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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12.07.2024, 13:22 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel
- Roope, Laurence
- Tarp, Finn
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Entstanden
- 2014