Authors: Branko Milanovic and John E. Roemer

Publication: Journal of Global Development (De Gruyter). vol. 7, no. 1. pp. 109-115

Date: July 2016

Abstract: 

The current era is characterized by simultaneous increase in many countries’ income inequalities and a decline in global inequality. People’s perception of inequality is shown to depend on how much they value absolute income vs. their national income position.

Link: Interaction of Global and National Income Inequalities (PDF)