Interaction of Global and National Income Inequalities

Branko Milanovic and John Roemer

Journal of Globalization and Development, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 109-115

Abstract: The current era is characterized by simultaneous increase in many countries’ income inequalities and a decline in global inequality. People’s perception of inequality is shown to depend on how much they value absolute income vs. their national income position.

Keywords: globalization; income inequality; relative income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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