Publication: International inequality and polarization in living standards, 1870-2000 : evidence from the Western World
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2007-02
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A long-run view of inter-country inequality in living standards is provided for a
large sample of countries in Western Europe, the European Offshoots, Japan –
OECD, for short- and Latin America. A long term rise in real per capita income
inequality is found. The deepening gap between OECD and Latin America was
the major factor beneath this increase. Inequality in non-economic indicators of
well-being (longevity, education, and human development) fell in the long run
but a gap between OECD and Latin America remained by 2000. Polarization
took place in the Western World during the second half of the twentieth
century.
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Inequality, Polarization, Living standards, Life expectancy, Education, Human development, OECD, Latin America