Is global inequality (inequality among world citizens) stable, decreasing or increasing? How high it is? Is it mostly due to inequalities within nations or between nations? Is there a global middle class? See the working papers above: "True world income distribution 1988 and 1993: first calculations based on household surveys alone" no. 2244, and "Decomposing global income distribution: Does the world have a middle class?" no. 2562
Household survey data (1988-2002) used in these papers, and subsequent book "Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality", Princeton University Press, 2005. The data are for three benchmark years: 1988, 1993 and 1998
Kind of Data
Aggregate data [agg]
Scope
Notes
The dataset includes indicators related to:
- Population
- Income
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
Name
Affiliation
Branko L. Milanovic
The World Bank
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
Start
End
1988
2002
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Access policy
Contacts
Name
Affiliation
Email
URL
Development Research Group
World Bank
research@worldbank.org
http://go.worldbank.org/B9W4QTDHR0
Citation requirements
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Branko L. Milanovic. Global Income Inequality (GII) 1988-2002. Ref. WLD_2002_GII_v01_M.Dataset downloaded from [web address] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.