The new geography of global income inequality [[electronic resource] /] / Glenn Firebaugh

• Autore: Firebaugh Glenn
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.2/1
• Soggetto topico: Income distribution
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. The New Geography Hypothesis -- Chapter 1. Massive Global Income Inequality: When Did It Arise and Why Does It Matter? -- Chapter 2. The Reversal of Historical Inequality Trends -- Part II. Measurement -- Chapter 3. How Is National Income Measured, and Can We Trust the Data? -- Chapter 4. Inequality: What It Is and How It Is Measured -- Part III. Evidence -- Chapter 5. What We Already Know -- Chapter 6. Income Inequality across Nations in the Late Twentieth Century -- Chapter 7. Weighted versus Unweighted Inequality: Key to the Divergence Debate -- Chapter 8. Continental Divides: Asia, Africa, and the Reversal of the Trend -- Chapter 9. Change in Income Inequality within Nations -- Part IV. Explanations and Predictions -- Chapter 10. Causes of the Inequality Transition -- Chapter 11. The Future of Global Income Inequality -- Epilogue: Does Rising Income Bring Greater Happiness ? -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Titolo autorizzato: New geography of global income inequality
• ISBN: 0-674-03689-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455138003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II