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The new geography of global income inequality / Glenn Firebaugh.

By: Firebaugh, Glenn.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index.Description: xiii, 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0674010671 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Income distributionDDC classification: 339.2/1 Other classification: 83.14
Contents:
Massive global income inequality : when did it arise and why does it matter? -- The reversal of historical inequality trends -- How is national income measured, and can we trust the data? -- Inequality : what it is and how it is measured -- What we already know -- Income inequality across nations in the late twentieth century -- Weighted versus unweighted inequality : key to the divergence debate -- Continental divides : Asia, Africa, and the reversal of the trend -- Change in income inequality within nations -- Causes of the inequality transition -- The future of global income inequality -- Epilogue : does rising income bring greater happiness?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index.

Massive global income inequality : when did it arise and why does it matter? -- The reversal of historical inequality trends -- How is national income measured, and can we trust the data? -- Inequality : what it is and how it is measured -- What we already know -- Income inequality across nations in the late twentieth century -- Weighted versus unweighted inequality : key to the divergence debate -- Continental divides : Asia, Africa, and the reversal of the trend -- Change in income inequality within nations -- Causes of the inequality transition -- The future of global income inequality -- Epilogue : does rising income bring greater happiness?

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