Determinants of cross-country income inequality : an augmented Kuznets hypothesis (English)

Why does income inequality differ among countries? Using a sample of 80 countries from the 1980s, the author shows that two types of factors explain variations in income inequality. The first are factors that are, in the short term, independent of economic policies and are included in the standard formulation of the Kuznets' curve: the level of per capita income and the country's regional heterogeneity. From the viewpoint of economic policy, these...
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Milanovic, Branko; DEC.

Determinants of cross-country income inequality : an augmented Kuznets hypothesis (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 1246 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/407801468764743215

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