Septiembre de 2018
Contents……………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
Executive Summary …………………………………………………………………………….. 7
Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 22
Part I
the Wid.World proJeCt and the measurement of eConomiC inequality ……… 24
Part II
trends in Global inCome inequality ………………………………………………………….38
2.1 Global income inequality dynamics ………………………………………………….. 40
2.2 trends in income inequality between countries …………………………………… 58
2.3 trends in income inequality within countries ……………………………………….. 67
2.4 united states …………………………………………………………………………………. 78
2.5 france …………………………………………………………………………………………… 93
2.6 Germany………………………………………………………………………………………. 101
2.7 China ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 106
2.8 russia ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 113
2.9 india ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 123
2.10 middle east …………………………………………………………………………………. 131
2.11 brazil ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 138
2.12 south africa …………………………………………………………………………………. 145
Part III
PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE CAPITAL DYNAMICS …………………………………… 154
3.1 Wealth-income ratios across the world ………………………………………………. 156
3.2 The evolution of aggregate wealth-income ratios in developed countries…..165
3.3 Comparing the experiences of former communist states……………………….. 174
3.4 Capital Accumulation, Private Property, and Rising Inequality in China……. 180
3.5 the rise of private property in russia ……………………………………………………. 187
