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Continental and Sub-Continental Income Inequality
Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at regions defined as equivalent of continental and sub-continental levels. We investigate the economic disparity between regions of the world and among countries within each continent or subcontinent. The empirical results for data availability reasons are mainly based on the second half of the 20th century. The review covers a whole range of measures and methods frequently employed in empirical analysis of the global and regional income inequality and income distribution. Different determinant factors along with quantification of their impacts are presented and empirical results from different case studies are discussed. Finally, these results are contrasted to those obtained based on the WIID covering the same period and group of countries.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1271
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: General, International, or Comparative
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
- Subject
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income inequality
inequality indices
income distribution
continents
regions
Regionale Einkommensverteilung
Regionale Disparität
Disparitätsmass
Einkommensverteilung
Welt
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Heshmati, Almas
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2004
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Heshmati, Almas
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2004
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