Does the distribution of income within a country become more equal as it grows richer? This paper uses plausibly exogenous variations in trade-weighted world income and international oil price shocks ...

This table describes the income distribution of the sector households in the national accounts over different household groups. Households are identified by main source of income, living situation, ...

Our eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats. This paper reviews income distribution in developing (and transition) countries in recent decades. On average, before-tax income ...

Income inequality has changed little since 1990, although the 1980s did see an increase in income inequality. This is according to CBS’s publication ‘Material Wellbeing in the Netherlands 2024’, which ...

This paper was presented at the First Conference of the Americas, held by the Organization of American States in Washington on 6 March 1998. Great social inequality has long been a frustrating feature ...

Although Bangladesh has experienced exceptional economic growth in recent years, the growth has, unfortunately, bypassed the majority of the population while higher-income groups have been its main ...

Michael Linden examines how our tax code has grown less effective at dampening income inequality, and how various proposals to reform the code would affect inequality. Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) tax ...