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Behind the Seven Veils of Inequality. What if it's all about the Struggle within just One Half of the Population over just One Half of the National Income?

Palma, José Gabriel - In: Development and Change 50 (2019) 5, pp. 1133-1213

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Has the Income Share of the Middle and Upper-middle Been Stable around the ‘50/50 Rule’, or Has it Converged towards that Level? The ‘Palma Ratio’ Revisited

Palma, José Gabriel - In: Development and Change 45 (2014) 6, pp. 1416-1448

type="main" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>In an article published in this journal in 2011, an alternative measure of inequality was suggested, which has subsequently become known as ‘the Palma Ratio’. In this new article, the author of the original proposal revisits the argument for such a measure. Using new...</p>

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Palma, José Gabriel - In: Development and Change 42 (2011) 1, pp. 87-153

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>This article examines distributional disparities within nations. There are six main conclusions. First, about 80 per cent of the world's population now lives in regions whose median country has a Gini close to 40. Second, as outliers are now only located among...</p>

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