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Inequality in developing countries: levels and recent trends

Year: 2013

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption inequality in developing countries. It includes a discussion of data sources and measurement issues, evidence on the levels of inequality across countries and regions, an assessment of trends in these variables since the early 1980s, and a general discussion of their determinants. The available evidence suggests that on average the levels of national income inequality in the developing world increased in the 1980s and 1990s, and declined in the 2000s.

Source: El Servicio de Difusión de la Creación Intelectual (National University of La Plata)

Authors: Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos, Alvaredo, Facundo

Language: English

Topic: Income, Poverty, and Inequality

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6991787013

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