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Homepage:	http://econ.worldbank.org/projects/inequality
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Postal address:	World Bank 1818 H Street NW Washington D.C. 20433
Workplace:	Economics Research, World Bank Group, (more information at EDIRC) School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2012

1. Global income inequality by the numbers: in history and now --an overview--
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2011

2. Explaining the demand for sovereignty
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
3. Global inequality: from class to location, from proletarians to migrants
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
   See also Journal Article in Global Policy (2012)

2010

4. Level of income and income distribution in mid-18th century France, according to Francois Quesnay
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
5. Reform and Inequality during the Transition: An Analysis Using Panel Houshold Survey Data, 1990-2006
   Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2008) View citations (5)

2009

6. Four critiques of the redistribution hypothesis: an assessment
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in European Journal of Political Economy (2010)
7. Global inequality and global inequality extraction ratio: The story of the last two centuries
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
8. Global inequality and the global inequality extraction ratio: the story of the past two centuries
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
9. Global inequality recalculated: The effect of new 2005 PPP estimates on global inequality
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009)

2008

10. Measuring Ancient Inequality
    Working Papers, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC) View citations (1)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (12)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (13)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2007) View citations (18)
11. Political Alternation as a Restraint on Investing in Influence: Evidence from the Post-Communist Transition
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (7)
12. Where in the world are you ? Assessing the importance of circumstance and effort in a world of different mean country incomes and (almost) no migration
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2007) View citations (3)

2007

13. An even higher global inequality than previously thought
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
14. Ethical case and economic feasibility of global transfers
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
15. QAT EXPENDITURES IN YEMEN AND DJIBOUTI: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
    See also Journal Article in Journal of African Economies (2008)

2006

16. Global Income Inequality: What It Is And Why It Matters?
    Working Papers, United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs View citations (15)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2006) View citations (8)
    HEW, EconWPA (2005) View citations (2)

2005

17. AN ESTIMATE OF AVERAGE INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BYZANTIUM AROUND YEAR 1000
    Economic History, EconWPA
    See also Journal Article in Review of Income and Wealth (2006)
18. Does Tariff Liberalization Increase Wage Inequality? Some Empirical Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    Also in Labor and Demography, EconWPA (2005) View citations (5)
    International Trade, EconWPA (2005) View citations (11)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2005) View citations (2)
    See also Chapter (2007)
19. Half a world: regional inequality in five great federations
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    Also in Urban/Regional, EconWPA (2004) View citations (1)
20. INEQUALITY AND DETERMINANTS OF EARNINGS IN MALAYSIA, 1984-97
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
21. Relationship between Income and Emergence of Democracy Reexamined, 1820-2000: A non-parametric approach
    Law and Economics, EconWPA
22. The Modern World: The effect of democracy, colonialism and war on economic growth 1820-2000
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations (1)

2004

23. Why we all do care about inequality (but are loath to admit it)
    HEW, EconWPA
    Also in HEW, EconWPA (2004)

2003

24. CAN WE DISCERN THE EFFECT OF GLOBALIZATION ON INCOME DISTRIBUTION? EVIDENCE FROM HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
    HEW, EconWPA View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in World Bank Economic Review (2005)
25. CAN WE DISCERN THE EFFECT OF GLOBALIZATION ON INCOME DISTRIBUTION? Evidence from Household Budget Surveys
    International Trade, EconWPA View citations (3)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2002) View citations (17)
26. DEMOCRACY, IDEOLOGY AND INCOME INEQUALITY: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
    Public Economics, EconWPA View citations (1)
27. GLOBALIZATION AND GOALS: Does soccer show the way?
    Labor and Demography, EconWPA View citations (1)
28. INCOME CONVERGENCE DURING THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY 1919-39
    Economic History, EconWPA
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2003)
29. Is inequality in Africa really different ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
30. THE TWO FACES OF GLOBALIZATION: AGAINST GLOBALIZATION AS WE KNOW IT
    Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2003)
31. The Ricardian Vice: Why Sala-i-Martin’s calculations of world income inequality are wrong
    HEW, EconWPA View citations (12)
32. The median voter hypothesis, income inequality and income
    HEW, EconWPA View citations (25)
33. True world income distribution, 1988 and 1993: First calculation based on household surveys alo
    HEW, EconWPA View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2002)

2002

34. Does Liberte = Egalite ? A survey of the empirical links between democracy and inequality with some evidence on the transition economies
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Surveys (2004)

2001

35. Decomposing world income distribution: does the world have a middle class ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Income and Wealth (2002)
36. Democracy and Income In-Equality: An Empirical Analysis
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations (1)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2001) View citations (13)

2000

37. Dividing the spoils - pensions, privatization, and reform in Russia's transition
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
38. Does Liberté = Egalité? A Survey of the Empirical Evidence on the Links between Political Democracy and Income Inequality
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations (9)
39. Social transfers and social assistance - an empirical analysis using Latvian household survey data
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)

1999

40. Change in the perception of the poverty line during times of depression: Russia 1993-96
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
41. Do more unequal countries redistribute more? does the median voter hypothesis hold?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
42. True world income distribution, 1988 and 1993 - first calculations, based on household surveys alone
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2002)

1998

43. Explaining the increase in inequality during the transition
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
44. Poverty and the economic transition: how do changes in economies of scale affect poverty rates for different households?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)

1996

45. Nations, conglomerates, and empires: the tradeoff between income and sovereignty
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

1995

46. Poverty, inequality, and social policy in transition economies
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (27)

1994

47. Determinants of cross-country income inequality: an augmented Kuznets hypothesis
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)
48. Transfers and the transition from socialism: key tradeoffs
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)

1993

49. Cash social transfers, direct taxes, and income distribution in late socialism
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (1994)
50. Social costs of the transition to capitalism: Poland, 1990-91
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

1992

51. Eastern Europe and Russian Federation - Distributional impact of cash and in-kind social transfers in Eastern Europe and Russia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1991

52. Poverty in Poland: 1978-88
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article in Review of Income and Wealth (1992)
53. Privatization in Eastern and Central Europe: objectives, constraints, and models of divestiture
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1990

54. Poverty in Poland, Hungary, and Yugoslavia in the years of crisis, 1978-87
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2012

1. Global Inequality: From Class to Location, from Proletarians to Migrants
   Global Policy, 2012, 3, (2), 125-134
   See also Working Paper (2011)
2. Global inequality recalculated and updated: the effect of new PPP estimates on global inequality and 2005 estimates
   Journal of Economic Inequality, 2012, 10, (1), 1-18 View citations (1)
3. Income Inequality in Europe and the US.: Regional vs. Social-Class Inequality
   World Bank - Inequality in Focus, 2012, 1, (2), 5-8

2011

4. A short history of global inequality: The past two centuries
   Explorations in Economic History, 2011, 48, (4), 494-506
5. Pre‐Industrial Inequality
   Economic Journal, 2011, 121, (551), 255-272 View citations (3)

2010

6. Four critiques of the redistribution hypothesis: An assessment
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 26, (1), 147-154 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
7. TURNOVER IN POWER AS A RESTRAINT ON INVESTING IN INFLUENCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE POSTCOMMUNIST TRANSITION
   Economics and Politics, 2010, 22, (3), 329-361

2009

8. Introduction to a special issue on “inequality, politics and power”
   Journal of Economic Inequality, 2009, 7, (1), 3-4

2008

9. Qat Expenditures in Yemen and Djibouti: An Empirical Analysis
   Journal of African Economies, 2008, 17, (5), 661-687 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2007)
10. Rules of Redistribution and Foreign Aid: A Proposal for a Change in the Rules Governing Eligibility for Foreign Aid
    European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 2008, 5, (1), 189-205 View citations (1)

2007

11. Why We All Care About Inequality (But Some of Us Are Loathe to Admit It)
    Challenge, 2007, 50, (6), 109-120

2006

12. AN ESTIMATE OF AVERAGE INCOME AND INEQUALITY IN BYZANTIUM AROUND YEAR 1000
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2006, 52, (3), 449-470 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
13. Economic Integration and Income Convergence: Not Such a Strong Link?
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88, (4), 659-670 View citations (6)
14. Global Income Inequality
    World Economics, 2006, 7, (1), 131-157 View citations (4)
15. Inequality and Determinants of Earnings in Malaysia, 1984-1997 *
    Asian Economic Journal, 2006, 20, (2), 191-216 View citations (1)

2005

16. Can We Discern the Effect of Globalization on Income Distribution? Evidence from Household Surveys
    World Bank Economic Review, 2005, 19, (1), 21-44 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2003)
17. Measuring Global Poverty Right
    World Economics, 2005, 6, (4), 111-121 View citations (1)

2004

18. Does Libertè = Egalité? A Survey of the Empirical Links between Democracy and Inequality with Some Evidence on the Transition Economies
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2004, 18, (4), 515-537 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
19. Relative price shifts, economies of scale and poverty during economic transition
    The Economics of Transition, 2004, 12, (3), 509-536 View citations (11)

2003

20. The Two Faces of Globalization: Against Globalization as We Know It
    World Development, 2003, 31, (4), 667-683 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2002

21. Decomposing World Income Distribution: Does the World Have a Middle Class?
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2002, 48, (2), 155-78 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2001)
22. Do we tend to overestimate poverty gaps? The impact of equivalency scales on the calculation of the poverty gap
    Applied Economics Letters, 2002, 9, (2), 69-72
23. True World Income Distribution, 1988 and 1993: First Calculation Based on Household Surveys Alone
    Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (476), 51-92 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
    Working Paper (2003)

2000

24. The median-voter hypothesis, income inequality, and income redistribution: an empirical test with the required data
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 16, (3), 367-410 View citations (51)

1999

25. Changes in the Perception of the Poverty Line during the Depression in Russia, 1993-96
    World Bank Economic Review, 1999, 13, (3), 539-59
26. Explaining the increase in inequality during transition
    The Economics of Transition, 1999, 7, (2), 299-341 View citations (68)
27. Peter Gottschalk, Bjorn Gustafson, and Edward Palmer (Eds.), Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare. An International Perspective
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1999, 27, (4), 785-789

1997

28. A simple way to calculate the Gini coefficient, and some implications
    Economics Letters, 1997, 56, (1), 45-49 View citations (18)

1994

29. Cash Social Transfers, Direct Taxes, and Income Distribution in Late Socialism
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1994, 18, (2), 175-197 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (1993)
30. Income Tax Progression and Redistributive Effect: The Influence of Changes in the Pre-tax Income Distribution: Comment
    Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1994, 49, (1), 126-33 View citations (4)
31. The Gini-Type Functions: An Alternative Derivation
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1994, 46, (1), 81-90 View citations (3)

1992

32. Poverty in Poland, 1978-88
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1992, 38, (3), 329-40
    See also Working Paper (1991)
33. Suton socijalistickih privreda: Ljubomir Madzar, (The Eclipse of Socialist Economies) (Ekonomika i Institut ekonomskih nauka, Beograd, 1990) pp. 495 (index; English summary) price: Din. 350
    Journal of Development Economics, 1992, 39, (2), 412-418

1991

34. Poverty in Eastern Europe in the Years of Crisis, 1978 to 1987: Poland, Hungary, and Yugoslavia
    World Bank Economic Review, 1991, 5, (2), 187-205

1987

35. Patterns of regional growth in Yugoslavia, 1952-83
    Journal of Development Economics, 1987, 25, (1), 1-19

1982

36. The Austrian theory of the cooperative firm
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1982, 6, (4), 379-395

Books

2003

1. Income and Influence: Social Policy in Emerging Market Economies
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (2)

Chapters

2010

1. ¿Por qué los países más pobres no pueden despuntar?
   Chapter 5 in Teoría Económica y Desarrollo Social. Exclusión, desigualdad y democracia. Homenaje a Adolfo Figueroa, 2010, pp 141-180

2007

2. Does Tariff Liberalization Increase Wage Inequality? Some Empirical Evidence
   A chapter in Globalization and Poverty, 2007, pp 143-182
   See also Working Paper (2005)
3. The Three Concepts of Inequality Defined, from Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality
   A chapter in Worlds Apart: Measuring International and Global Inequality, 2007