Population and Sample Selection Effects in Measuring International Income Inequality

The issue of world income inequality has been debated widely in the literature. At issue is whether inequality has, on the whole, been increasing or decreasing over time. I reexamine results from Firebaughs (1999) seminal article on demographic e?ects on inequality, in which he found a 30-year plate...

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Main Author: Salvatore J. Babones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2015-08-01
Series:Journal of World-Systems Research
Online Access:http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/274