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The new geography of global income inequality / Glenn Firebaugh.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.Description: xiii, 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0674010671 (alk. paper)
  • 9780674010673 (alk. paper)
  • 0674019873 (pbk.)
  • 9780674019874 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9
LOC classification:
  • HC 79 F523n 2003
Contents:
Massive global income inequality : when did it arise and why does it matter? -- The reversal of historical inequality trends -- How is national income measured, and can we trust the data? -- Inequality : what it is and how it is measured -- What we already know -- Income inequality across nations in the late twentieth century -- Weighted versus unweighted inequality : key to the divergence debate -- Continental divides : Asia, Africa, and the reversal of the trend -- Change in income inequality within nations -- Causes of the inequality transition -- The future of global income inequality -- Epilogue : does rising income bring greater happiness?
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 79 F523n 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000053521

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index.

Massive global income inequality : when did it arise and why does it matter? -- The reversal of historical inequality trends -- How is national income measured, and can we trust the data? -- Inequality : what it is and how it is measured -- What we already know -- Income inequality across nations in the late twentieth century -- Weighted versus unweighted inequality : key to the divergence debate -- Continental divides : Asia, Africa, and the reversal of the trend -- Change in income inequality within nations -- Causes of the inequality transition -- The future of global income inequality -- Epilogue : does rising income bring greater happiness?

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