The Global Distribution of Income: Past Trends and Future Prospects
07 May 2009 4:00 pm CEST
Tony Atkinson, Nuffield College, Oxford
Venue
Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, 'Veranstaltungssaal'
Description
The world distribution of income is governed by the distribution between countries and inequality within countries. Historically, the international distribution widened but inequality within countries fell. Has this been reversed in recent decades? What, in the light of the current economic crisis, are the prospects for income inequalities?