Do we even know how much income inequality there is?

Ferreira, Francisco H. G. ORCID: 0000-0001-8926-0500 (2024) Do we even know how much income inequality there is? LSE Inequalities (26 Mar 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

There has been a proliferation of statistics that seek to capture the level of income inequality in countries and regions around the world. But what should we take from the staggering variation in the different measures that are used today, Francisco H. G. Ferreira asks? And what does this mean for the field of inequalities research?

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author
Divisions:	International Inequalities Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
Date Deposited:	03 Mar 2025 14:39
Last Modified:	03 Mar 2025 14:39
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127450

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