Cross-Country Convergence in Income and Divergence in Life Expectancy: A Study in Reversais and Contrasts during the 1990s

Using data for about 160 countries, it is shown that, contrary to the widelyheld perceptions that have acquired the status of stylized facts, cross-country inequality in income declined, while that in life expectancy increased, during the 1990s. These changes imply unconditional “convergence” in income, and “divergence” in life expectancy, which is a reversal of the patterns reported in almost all previous research.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Ram, Rati
Published in:	Economia Internazionale / International Economics. - Camera di Commercio di Genova. - Vol. 58.2005, 1, p. 43-50
Publisher:	Camera di Commercio di Genova

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	E00 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics. General ; F00 - International Economics. General ; I19 - Health. Other ; O40 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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