Post-1970 Trends in Within-Country Inequality and Poverty: Rich and Middle Income Countries

Authors: Salvatore Morelli, Timothy Smeeding, and Jeffrey P. Thompson

Publication: Handbook of Income Distribution Vol. 2A. Chapter 8, pp. 596-693

Editors: Anthony B. Atkinson and François Bourguignon

Publisher: Elsevier

Date: January 2015

Abstract:

Like the other chapters in this volume of the Handbook of Income Distribution (and its predecessor), the aim of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive review of a particular area of research. We examine the literature on post-1970 trends in poverty and income inequality, up to 2010 or 2011 in most countries. We provide measures of the levels and trends in each of these areas, as well as an integrated discussion of empirical choices made in the measurement of poverty, overall income inequality, and inequality among those with top incomes.

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