On Analyzing the World Distribution of Income

dc.creatorAtkinson, Anthony B.
dc.creatorBrandolini, Andrea
dc.date2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date2010-02-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:19:42Z
dc.descriptionConsideration of world inequality should cause reexamination of the key concepts underlying the welfare approach to measuring income inequality and its relation to measuring poverty. This reexamination leads to exploration of a new measure that allows poverty and inequality to be considered in the same framework, incorporates different approaches to measuring inequality, and allows varied expressions of the cost of inequality. Applied to the world distribution of income for 1820–1992, the new measure provides different perspectives on the evolution of global inequality.
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dc.identifierWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier1564-698X
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4513
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/4513
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417093
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.relationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjecteconomic analysis
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjecteconomic research
dc.subjecteconomic review
dc.subjectempirical level
dc.subjectgini coefficient
dc.subjectgrowth rates
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectincome differences
dc.subjectincome distribution
dc.subjectincomes
dc.subjectinequality
dc.subjectinequality measure
dc.subjectinequality measures
dc.subjectmeasuring income inequality
dc.subjectmeasuring inequality
dc.subjectmeasuring poverty
dc.subjectper capita growth
dc.subjectper capita income
dc.subjectpoverty reduction
dc.titleOn Analyzing the World Distribution of Income
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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