There is world-wide convergence in life expectancy, despite little convergence in GDP per capita. If one values longer … life much more than material happiness, the world living standards may this have already converged substantially. This … among countries. A conventional GDP-based measure remains a good approximation for (non) convergence in world living s …

more pronounced in the FTAA because it includes the largest economy in the world, prevent us from expecting income …

major surge in China and the beginning of a similar phenomenon in India. As a result, the Asian share of world income has …

The post-World War II period has seen substantial changes in the distribution of GDP per worker around the world. In … these changes is a movement in the shape of the world income distribution from something that looks like a normal …