Measuring Ancient Inequality

Measuring Ancient Inequality

Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes and life expectancies as unequal as they are today? For want of sufficient data, these questions have not yet been answered. This paper infers inequalit...

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Main Authors: Milanovic, Branko, Lindert, Peter H., Williamson, Jeffrey G.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
ACCOUNTING
ADVANCED COUNTRIES
ANNUAL INCOME
ANNUAL INCOMES
ANNUAL WAGE
AVERAGE ANNUAL
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
AVERAGE INEQUALITY
BANKS
BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY
CALCULATION
CALCULATIONS
CENTRAL AMERICA
CONFLICT
CONSTANT RETURNS
CONSUMER
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
DATA SET
DEBT
DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DIFFERENCES IN INCOME
DISPOSABLE INCOME
ECONOMIC DECLINE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL SUPPORT
EMPIRICAL WORK
FARM WORKERS
FARMERS
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FOOD CROPS
GDP
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROUP INEQUALITY
HIGH INEQUALITY
HIGHER INFANT MORTALITY
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME
INCOME CONCEPTS
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GROUP
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME MEAN
INCOME SHARE
INCOME SHARES
INCOME SOURCE
INCOME SOURCES
INCOME TAX
INCOMES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INCREASING FUNCTION
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY COMPONENT
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY OBSERVATIONS
INEQUALITY RESULTS
INFANT MORTALITY
INTERNATIONAL PRICES
LANDLESS PEASANTS
LIFE EXPECTANCIES
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE SPAN
LIFE SPANS
LIFETIME
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW INCOME
MEAN INCOME
MEAN INCOMES
MEASURED INEQUALITY
MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY
MIDDLE CLASS
MONETARY ECONOMICS
NATIONAL ECONOMY
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POOR AREAS
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR ECONOMIES
POOR INDIVIDUALS
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY MEASURES
PUBLIC SECTOR
RENTS
RESOURCE ENDOWMENTS
RISING INEQUALITY
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DISTRICTS
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL INCOMES
RURAL LABORERS
RURAL POOR
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POPULATIONS
SAHARA
SALARIES
SECONDARY SOURCES
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
SOURCES OF INCOME
TAXATION
URBAN POPULATION
WAGE
WAGES
WAR
WELL-BEING
WESTERN EUROPE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8789801/measuring-ancient-inequality
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7630

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