This paper extends the Inequality
Possibility Frontier approach in two methodological
directions. It allows the social minimum to increase with
the average income of a society, and it derives all the
Inequality Possibility Frontier statistics for two other
inequality measures besides the Gini. Finally, it applies
the framework to contemporary data, showing that the
inequality extraction ratio can be used in the empirical
analysis of post-1960 civil conflict around the world. The
duration of conflict and the casualty rate are positively
associated with the inequality extraction ratio, that is,
with the extent to which elite pushes the actual inequality
closer to its maximum level. Inequality, albeit slightly
reformulated, is thus shown to play a role in explaining
civil conflict.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Milanovic, Branko |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2013-05
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| Subjects: | ABSOLUTE POVERTY,
ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE,
AVERAGE INCOME,
AVERAGE INCOME LEVEL,
AVERAGE INCOMES,
BENCHMARKING,
CLASSICAL ECONOMISTS,
CONFLICT,
DEPENDENT VARIABLE,
DEVELOPING WORLD,
DEVELOPMENT POLICY,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
ECONOMIC HISTORY,
ECONOMIC RESEARCH,
ELASTICITY,
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS,
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE,
EMPIRICAL WORK,
EXPLANATORY POWER,
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES,
FAMILY BUDGET SURVEYS,
GDP,
GDP PER CAPITA,
GINI COEFFICIENT,
GINI INDEX,
HEALTH INSURANCE,
HOUSEHOLD INCOME,
INCOME DISTRIBUTION,
INCOME STUDY,
INCOMES,
INDIVIDUAL INCOMES,
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES,
INEQUALITIES,
INEQUALITY,
INEQUALITY ESTIMATES,
INEQUALITY MEASURE,
INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT,
INEQUALITY MEASURES,
LIVING STANDARDS,
MEAN INCOME,
MEAN INCOMES,
MEAN LOG DEVIATION,
MEASURED INEQUALITY,
MEASURING INEQUALITY,
MINIMUM INCOME,
OFFICIAL POVERTY LINES,
PER CAPITA INCOME,
POLICY DISCUSSIONS,
POLICY RESEARCH,
POLITICAL SCIENCE,
POOR,
POOR PEOPLE,
POVERTY LINES,
POVERTY REDUCTION,
POVERTY THRESHOLD,
PRISONER,
REAL INCOME,
REAL PER CAPITA INCOME,
REGRESSION RESULTS,
RELATIVE POVERTY,
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT,
STATISTICAL DATA,
WAR,
WEALTH,
WILL, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17726071/inequality-possibility-frontier-extensions-new-applications
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15589
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