Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/160809 
Year of Publication: 
1995
Series/Report no.: 
LIS Working Paper Series No. 137
Publisher: 
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Luxembourg
Abstract: 
Interest in cross-national comparisons of personal income distributions, low relative incomes, and income inequality in general has grown dramatically during the past five years. This paper summarizes and provides limited updates on a small part of what was learned in a large study undertaken for the OECD by Atkinson, Rainwater and Smeeding, and a subsequent review article by Gottschalk and Smeeding. It also adds recent material for Central and Eastern European nations based on the work of Torrey, Smeeding and Bailey as well as for Taiwan. The paper summarizes the differences in both levels and trends in income inequality across countries.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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