The Kuznets inverted-U hypothesis: panel data evidence from 96 countries

John Thornton

Applied Economics Letters, 2001, vol. 8, issue 1, 15-16

Abstract: Regression results from a panel data set of high-quality comparable data on Gini coefficients, income quintiles and real GDP per capita in 96 countries over the postwar period, suggest that the relation between income inequality and development corresponds to an inverted-U, as hypothesized by Kuznets.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1080/135048501750041213

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