Income Distribution Across Countries: How is it Measured and What Do the Results Show?
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Keywords
Income; distribution; measurements; inter-country comparison;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D39 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Other
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2002-02-15 (Development)
- NEP-PKE-2002-02-15 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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