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Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality
Branko Milanovic
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Description for Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality
Paperback. Addresses just how to measure global inequality among individuals, and shows that inequality is shaped by complex forces often working in different directions. This work analyzes income distribution worldwide using household survey data from more than 100 countries. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 line illus. 54 tables. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
We are used to thinking about inequality within countries--about rich Americans versus poor Americans, for instance. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? Worlds Apart addresses just how to measure global inequality among individuals, and shows that inequality is shaped by complex forces often working in different directions. Branko Milanovic, a top World Bank economist, analyzes income distribution worldwide using, for the first time, household survey data from more than 100 countries. He evenhandedly explains the main approaches to the problem, offers a more accurate way of measuring inequality among individuals, and discusses the relevant policies of ... Read more
We are used to thinking about inequality within countries--about rich Americans versus poor Americans, for instance. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? Worlds Apart addresses just how to measure global inequality among individuals, and shows that inequality is shaped by complex forces often working in different directions. Branko Milanovic, a top World Bank economist, analyzes income distribution worldwide using, for the first time, household survey data from more than 100 countries. He evenhandedly explains the main approaches to the problem, offers a more accurate way of measuring inequality among individuals, and discusses the relevant policies of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
417g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691130514
SKU
V9780691130514
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About Branko Milanovic
Branko Milanovic is Lead Economist in the World Bank research department, working on income inequality and poverty. The author of "Income, Inequality, and Poverty during the Transition" and the coauthor of "Income and Influence: Social Policy in Emerging Market Economies", he is currently an associate scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a visiting professor at the School ... Read more
Reviews for Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005 "The history of world inequality is a fascinating subject, and Branko Milanovic's very readable book uses this as a backdrop to explain the problems of measuring inequality when we look across different countries... [I]t is certainly an interesting read."
Huw Dixon, Times Higher Education Supplement "A lead economist at the World Bank, Branko ... Read more
Huw Dixon, Times Higher Education Supplement "A lead economist at the World Bank, Branko ... Read more