The Disturbing "Rise" of Global Income Inequality
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- Xavier Sala-i-Martin, 2001. "The disturbing 'rise' of global income inequality," Economics Working Papers 616, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Apr 2002.
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- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- F0 - International Economics - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2002-04-25 (Development)
- NEP-LTV-2002-04-03 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
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