From the bottom 40 to inequality lines: Sharing prosperity globally and domestically

Borja Lopez-Noval, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Laurence Roope and Finn Tarp

No wp-2024-77, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: A major of focus of global development policy is the aim to achieve and sustain income growth of the bottom 40% (B40) of the population at a rate higher than the national average. We propose an alternative approach to assessing shared prosperity using 'inequality lines'. Analogous to poverty lines but focused on inequality, inequality lines are benchmark incomes. Income increases below the inequality line decrease inequality; income increases above the line increase inequality.

Keywords: Income; Global inequality; Global poverty; Inequality; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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