The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extended by the United Nations has been both widely used and strongly criticized. The criticisms raise questions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general. The authors develop techniques to deal with national and international comparability problems intrinsic to such datasets. The result is a new dataset of consistent inequality series, allowing them to...
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تفاصيل
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2005/10/01
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS3748
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2010/7/01
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Disclosed
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The construction and interpretation of combined cross-section and time-series inequality datasets
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gross domestic product per capita