Global inequality recalculated and updated: The effect of new PPP estimates on global inequality and 2005 estimates

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-18

  Milanovic, Branko ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Global inequality; International inequality; Purchasing power parity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857685281     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-010-9155-y     Document Type: Article

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