GLOBAL INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: HOW MUCH OF OUR INCOME IS DETERMINED BY WHERE WE LIVE?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Milanovic, Branko
• 署名单位: University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00432
• 发表日期: 2015-05
• 页码: 452-460
• 关键词: world

摘要

Suppose that all people in the world are allocated only two characteristics over which they have (almost) no control: country of residence and income distribution within that country. Assume further that there is no migration. We show that more than one-half of variability in income of world population classified according to their household per capita in 1% income groups (by country) is accounted for by these two characteristics. The role of effort or luck cannot play a large role in explaining the global distribution of individual income.