The Chartbook of Economic Inequality

• 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

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.