Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class?
Using national income and expenditure distribution data from 119 countries, the authors decompose total income inequality between the individuals in the world, by continent and by "region" (countries grouped by income level). They use a G...
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okr-10986-196932021-04-23T14:03:44Z Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class? Milanovic, Branko Yitzhaki, Shlomo AVERAGE INCOME BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY CITIZEN CITIZENS COUNTRY DATA DATA COVERAGE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTION DATA DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GROSS INCOME GROUP INEQUALITY HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME MEAN INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SHARE INCOME SHARES INCOMES INCREASING FUNCTION INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION LOW INCOME MEAN INCOME MEAN VALUE MIDDLE CLASS NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SHARE PURCHASING POWER RESIDUAL TERM SIGNIFICANT EFFECT TRANSITION ECONOMIES WELFARE INDICATORS Using national income and expenditure distribution data from 119 countries, the authors decompose total income inequality between the individuals in the world, by continent and by "region" (countries grouped by income level). They use a Gini decomposition that allows for an exact breakdown (without a residual term) of the overall Gini by recipients. Looking first at income inequality in income between countries is more important than inequality within countries. Africa, Latin America, and Western Europe and North America are quite homogeneous continent, with small differences between countries (so that most of the inequality on these continents is explained by inequality within countries). Next the authors divide the world into three groups: the rich G7 countries (and those with similar income levels), the less developed countries (those with per capita income less than or equal to Brazil's), and the middle-income countries (those with per capita income between Brazil's and Italy's). They find little overlap between such groups - very few people in developing countries have incomes in the range of those in the rich countries. 2014-08-26T18:29:33Z 2014-08-26T18:29:33Z 2001-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1003175/decomposing-world-income-distribution-world-middle-class http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19693 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2562 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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AVERAGE INCOME BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY CITIZEN CITIZENS COUNTRY DATA DATA COVERAGE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTION DATA DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GROSS INCOME GROUP INEQUALITY HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME MEAN INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SHARE INCOME SHARES INCOMES INCREASING FUNCTION INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION LOW INCOME MEAN INCOME MEAN VALUE MIDDLE CLASS NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SHARE PURCHASING POWER RESIDUAL TERM SIGNIFICANT EFFECT TRANSITION ECONOMIES WELFARE INDICATORS |
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AVERAGE INCOME BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY CITIZEN CITIZENS COUNTRY DATA DATA COVERAGE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTION DATA DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GROSS INCOME GROUP INEQUALITY HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME MEAN INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SHARE INCOME SHARES INCOMES INCREASING FUNCTION INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION LOW INCOME MEAN INCOME MEAN VALUE MIDDLE CLASS NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR POOR PEOPLE POPULATION SHARE PURCHASING POWER RESIDUAL TERM SIGNIFICANT EFFECT TRANSITION ECONOMIES WELFARE INDICATORS Milanovic, Branko Yitzhaki, Shlomo Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class? |
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Using national income and expenditure
distribution data from 119 countries, the authors decompose
total income inequality between the individuals in the
world, by continent and by "region" (countries
grouped by income level). They use a Gini decomposition that
allows for an exact breakdown (without a residual term) of
the overall Gini by recipients. Looking first at income
inequality in income between countries is more important
than inequality within countries. Africa, Latin America, and
Western Europe and North America are quite homogeneous
continent, with small differences between countries (so that
most of the inequality on these continents is explained by
inequality within countries). Next the authors divide the
world into three groups: the rich G7 countries (and those
with similar income levels), the less developed countries
(those with per capita income less than or equal to
Brazil's), and the middle-income countries (those with
per capita income between Brazil's and Italy's).
They find little overlap between such groups - very few
people in developing countries have incomes in the range of
those in the rich countries. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Milanovic, Branko Yitzhaki, Shlomo |
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Milanovic, Branko Yitzhaki, Shlomo |
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Milanovic, Branko |
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Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class? |
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Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class? |
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Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class? |
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Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class? |
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Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class? |
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decomposing world income distribution : does the world have a middle class? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1003175/decomposing-world-income-distribution-world-middle-class http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19693 |
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