This paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries, including 20 …

inequality between the individuals in the world, by continent and by"region"(countries grouped by income level). They use a Gini … income inequality in income between countries is more important than inequality within countries. Africa, Latin America, and … the inequality on these continents is explained by inequality within countries). Next the authors divide the world into …

Thepaper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the … entities with substantial economic autonomy. Two types of regional inequalities are considered: Concept 1 inequality, which is … inequality between mean incomes (GDP per capita) of states/provinces, and Concept 2 inequality, which is inequality between …

Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes and life expectancies as … inequality for 14 ancient, pre-industrial societies using what are known as social tables, stretching from the Roman Empire 14 AD … applies two new concepts in making those assessments - what the authors call the inequality possibility frontier and the …

Using social tables, the author makes an estimate of global inequality (inequality among world citizens) in the early … 19th century. The analysis shows that the level and composition of global inequality have changed over the past two … centuries. The level has increased, reaching a high plateau around the 1950s, and the main determinants of global inequality …

In examining what happens to poverty and income inequality during the early period of transition to a market economy …