Prados de la Escosura, LeandroUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid2007-03-012007-03-012007-02https://hdl.handle.net/10016/631A 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.604925 bytesapplication/pdfengAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 EspañaInequalityPolarizationLiving standardsLife expectancyEducationHuman developmentOECDLatin Americaworking paperHistoriaEconomíaopen accesswp07-05