The Chartbook of Economic Inequality

he purpose of this Chartbook is to present a summary of evidence about long-run changes in economic inequality - primarily income, earnings, and wealth - for 25 countries covering more than one hundred years. There is a range of countries and they account for more than a third of the world's po...

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Published in:SSRN Electronic Journal
Main Authors: Anthony Atkinson, Salvatore Morelli, Joe Hasell, Max Roser
Other Authors: Atkinson, Anthony, Morelli, Salvatore, Hasell, Joe, Roser, Max
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Argentina
Canada
New Zealand
Norway
Iceland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11590/372799
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2422269
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Summary:he purpose of this Chartbook is to present a summary of evidence about long-run changes in economic inequality - primarily income, earnings, and wealth - for 25 countries covering more than one hundred years. There is a range of countries and they account for more than a third of the world's population: Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US. The results are presented in 25 charts, one for each country, together with a description of the sources.

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