International Inequality Comparisons

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Aug 16 11:51:11 PDT 1999


david dorkin wrote:


>Can anyone direct to any good, preferably online comparisons of
>inequality in both income and wealth across countries? I am aware of
>James Galbraith's working paper at CEPA and am looking for any other
>data sources and tables clearly presented if possible

Yes, the Luxembourg Income Study, at <http://lissy.ceps.lu/access.htm>. The last word in international income & poverty comparisons. Basic data is at <http://lissy.ceps.lu/IncStat.htm>; working papers at <http://lissy.ceps.lu/wpapers.htm>.

There are some attempts to compare wealth distribution but they're pretty spotty & I wouldn't put much faith in them.

Doug



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