The Inequality We Want: How Much is too Much?

No wp-2015-015, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: A key aspect defining the contemporary income distribution is the (increasing) share the top holds compared to the rest. This paper shows that income concentration increases towards the very top of the distribution, while the shares the middle- and upper-middle-income groups hold, remain stable across countries and over time. Traditional indicators less sensitive to changes at the extremes of the distribution might obscure inequality's actual dimension, and thus help perpetuate it.

Keywords: Equality and inequality; Income distribution; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Working Paper: The Inequality We Want: How Much Is Too Much? (2017)
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