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A Geographical Decomposition of Intercountry Income Inequality

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We analyze the evolution of intercountry income inequality and its decomposition between and within four geographical clusters and their fifteen regions from 1960 to 1990 by applying the income-weighted entropy measure. Our analysis assesses the contribution of income inequality within and between the geographical clusters and their regions to three global trends: strong divergence between 1960 and 1968, slow convergence between 1969 and 1983, and stagnation between 1984 and 1990.

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  1. University of Wollongong,

    Amnon Levy & Khorshed Chowdhury

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Levy, A., Chowdhury, K. A Geographical Decomposition of Intercountry Income Inequality. Comp Econ Stud 37, 1–17 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1057/ces.1995.38

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