Chapter 8. Post-1970 Trends in Within-Country Inequality and Poverty : Rich and Middle-Income Countries

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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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Morelli, Salvatore ; Smeeding, Timothy ; Thompson, Jeffrey
Published in:	Handbook of income distribution : volume 2. - Amsterdam : North Holland, ISBN 978-0-444-59476-1. - 2015, p. 593-696
Subject:	Trends in income inequality \| Poverty \| Gini \| Top income shares \| Inequality \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Armut \| Soziale Ungleichheit \| Social inequality \| Gini-Koeffizient \| Gini coefficient \| Welt \| World \| Vermögensverteilung \| Wealth distribution \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries

Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1016/B978-0-444-59428-0.00009-6 [DOI]
Classification:	D30 - Distribution. General ; D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; H23 - Externalities; Redistributive Effects ; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies ; I30 - Welfare and Poverty. General ; I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; N30 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Income and Wealth. General, International, or Comparative ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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