In response to a growing interest in comparing inequality levels and trends across countries, several cross-national inequality databases are now available. These databases differ considerably in purpose, coverage, data sources, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and quality of documentation. A special issue of the Journal of Economic Inequality, which this paper introduces, is devoted to an assessment of the merits and shortcomings of eight such databases...
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2015/11/12
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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2015/11/12
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Appraising cross-national income inequality databases : an introduction
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society for international development