This chapter reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption
inequality and poverty in developing countries. It includes a discussion of data sources and …

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We are used to thinking about inequality within countries--about rich Americans versus poor
Americans, for instance. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? Worlds …

Abstract We estimate the World Distribution of Income by integrating individual income
distributions for 138 countries between 1970 and 2000. Country distributions are …

The increase in economic disparities over the past 30 years has prompted extensive
research on the causes and consequences of inequality both in the United States and, more …

The paper derives world income or expenditure distribution of individuals for 1988 and
1993. It is the first paper to calculate world distribution for individuals based entirely on …

This paper measures trends in global interpersonal inequality during 1975–2010 using data
from the most recent version of the World Income Inequality Database (WIID). The picture …

In this paper, we review the recent literature on global interpersonal income inequality.
While all estimates agree that the level is very high, with a Gini of between 0.630 and 0.686 …

Using the national income/expenditure distribution data from 111 countries, we decompose
total inequality between the individuals in the world, by continents and regions. We use …

The surprising finding of this book is that, contrary to conventional wisdom, global income
inequality is decreasing. Critics of globalization and others maintain that the spread of …