Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in East Asia

Using a new database of household surveys, this paper examines inequality among all individuals living in developing East Asia regardless of their country of residence. The East Asian Gini index increased from 39.0 in 1988 to 43.3 in 2012. Inequali...

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Main Authors:	Jirasavetakul, La-Bhus Fah, Lakner, Christoph
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	inequality global inequality expenditure distribution household surveys
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/630861487080784938/Distribution-of-consumption-expenditure-in-East-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26135

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spelling	okr-10986-261352021-06-08T14:42:47Z Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in East Asia Jirasavetakul, La-Bhus Fah Lakner, Christoph inequality global inequality expenditure distribution household surveys Using a new database of household surveys, this paper examines inequality among all individuals living in developing East Asia regardless of their country of residence. The East Asian Gini index increased from 39.0 in 1988 to 43.3 in 2012. Inequality increased during the initial decade, regardless of the choice of inequality measure. The trend appears to have reversed in the mid-2000s. Regional inequality is now almost entirely explained by within-country differences, while gaps in average income across countries have become unimportant. This reversal has been driven by rising national inequality especially in populous countries, counteracted by catch-up growth in average incomes, particularly in China. Interpersonal differences in income at the regional level have thus become internalized within national boundaries. 2017-02-22T21:48:13Z 2017-02-22T21:48:13Z 2017-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/630861487080784938/Distribution-of-consumption-expenditure-in-East-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26135 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7968 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific
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description	Using a new database of household surveys, this paper examines inequality among all individuals living in developing East Asia regardless of their country of residence. The East Asian Gini index increased from 39.0 in 1988 to 43.3 in 2012. Inequality increased during the initial decade, regardless of the choice of inequality measure. The trend appears to have reversed in the mid-2000s. Regional inequality is now almost entirely explained by within-country differences, while gaps in average income across countries have become unimportant. This reversal has been driven by rising national inequality especially in populous countries, counteracted by catch-up growth in average incomes, particularly in China. Interpersonal differences in income at the regional level have thus become internalized within national boundaries.
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author	Jirasavetakul, La-Bhus Fah Lakner, Christoph
author_facet	Jirasavetakul, La-Bhus Fah Lakner, Christoph
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title	Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in East Asia
title_short	Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in East Asia
title_full	Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in East Asia
title_fullStr	Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in East Asia
title_full_unstemmed	Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in East Asia
title_sort	distribution of consumption expenditure in east asia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
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Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in East Asia

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