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Decomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class?

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dc.contributor.authorYitzhaki, Shlomo
dc.contributor.authorMilanovic, Branko
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-26T18:29:33Z
dc.date.available2014-08-26T18:29:33Z
dc.date.issued2001-03
dc.description.abstractUsing national income and expenditure distribution data from 119 countries, the authors decompose total income inequality between the individuals in the world, by continent and by "region" (countries grouped by income level). They use a Gini decomposition that allows for an exact breakdown (without a residual term) of the overall Gini by recipients. Looking first at income inequality in income between countries is more important than inequality within countries. Africa, Latin America, and Western Europe and North America are quite homogeneous continent, with small differences between countries (so that most of the inequality on these continents is explained by inequality within countries). Next the authors divide the world into three groups: the rich G7 countries (and those with similar income levels), the less developed countries (those with per capita income less than or equal to Brazil's), and the middle-income countries (those with per capita income between Brazil's and Italy's). They find little overlap between such groups - very few people in developing countries have incomes in the range of those in the rich countries.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1003175/decomposing-world-income-distribution-world-middle-class
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2562
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19693
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2562
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME
dc.subjectBETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY
dc.subjectCITIZEN
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCOUNTRY DATA
dc.subjectDATA COVERAGE
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION DATA
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectGINI INDEX
dc.subjectGROSS INCOME
dc.subjectGROUP INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHIGH INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME GROUPS
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME LEVEL
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINCOME MEAN
dc.subjectINCOME REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME SHARE
dc.subjectINCOME SHARES
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINCREASING FUNCTION
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectLOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectLOW INCOME
dc.subjectMEAN INCOME
dc.subjectMEAN VALUE
dc.subjectMIDDLE CLASS
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INSTABILITY
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOPULATION SHARE
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectRESIDUAL TERM
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT EFFECT
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATORS
dc.titleDecomposing World Income Distribution : Does the World Have a Middle Class?en
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okr.date.disclosure2001-03-31
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1003175/decomposing-world-income-distribution-world-middle-class
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid951121468741304952
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2562
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_01032007445640
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum1003175
okr.identifier.reportWPS2562
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okr.themeEconomic management :: Analysis of economic growth
okr.themeEconomic management :: Macroeconomic management
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topicServices and Transfers to Poor
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.unitPoverty and Human Resources, Development Research Group
okr.volume1 of 1
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