Global inequality of opportunity : how much of our income is determined by where we live? (English)

Suppose that all people in the world are allocated only two characteristics over which they have (almost) no control: country of residence and income distribution within that country. Assume further that there is no migration. The authors show that more than one-half of variability in income of world population classified according to their household per capita in one-percent income groups (by country) is accounted for by these two characteristics...

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Milanovic,Branko L.;
Document Date
2011/10/01
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
94672
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2015/03/11
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Disclosed
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Global inequality of opportunity : how much of our income is determined by where we live?
Keywords
household per capita income

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Milanovic,Branko L..

Global inequality of opportunity : how much of our income is determined by where we live? (English). Author accepted manuscript Washington, DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/712251468165866186

Global inequality of opportunity : how much of our income is determined by where we live? (English)

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