World-Economic Trends in the Distribution of Income, 1965-1992

This article assesses trends in world income inequality between 1965 and 1992. The study first decomposes Theil's T to show that between-country inequality is the most significant component of overall world income inequality, which facilitates fruther research, as between-country longitudinal d...

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Published in:The American journal of sociology 1997-01, Vol.102 (4), p.1000-1039
Main Authors: Korzeniewicz, Roberto Patricio, Moran, Timothy Patrick
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Censuses
Countries
Cross-national analysis
Economic growth rate
Economic sociology
Economic trends
Economics
Foreign Affairs
Gini coefficient
Income (1965-92)
Income Distribution
Income Inequality
Income measurement
Income shares
National income
Population distributions
Population growth
Sociology
Sociology of economy and development
Trends
World Economy
World population
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Countries
Cross-national analysis
Economic growth rate
Economic sociology
Economic trends
Economics
Foreign Affairs
Gini coefficient
Income (1965-92)
Income Distribution
Income Inequality
Income measurement
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National income
Population distributions
Population growth
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Sociology of economy and development
Trends
World Economy
World population
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