2013/11/12 by Paolo Liberati · 47 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Environmental Science · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Demographic economics #Distribution (mathematics) #Econometrics #Economic Theory and Policy #Economic inequality #Economics #Gini coefficient #Income distribution #Income inequality metrics #Income, Poverty, and Inequality #Inequality #Mathematics #Rest (music) #Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
paper · doi:10.1111/roiw.12088
published in Review of Income and Wealth 61(2), 248-273 (Wiley)
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This paper provides a full decomposition of world inequality, as measured by the G ini coefficient, in the period 1970–2009. In particular, using the A nalysis of G ini ( ANOGI ), the paper describes the evolution of between inequality, within inequality, and the impact of overlapping on both factors. While there is evidence that between inequality in the last decade significantly declined due to the rapid C hinese growth, within inequality and overlapping went in the opposite direction. Furthermore, with the exception of some A sian countries, the rest of the world has not moved significantly. As a result, world inequality remains high by any standard.