scholarly journals On the Evolution of the World Income Distribution

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles I Jones
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Income ◽  
World Income ◽  
World Income Distribution ◽  
Rich Countries

The post-World War I period has seen substantial changes in the world income distribution. As a result, the shape of the distribution has changed from something that looks like a normal distribution in 1960 to a bimodal 'twin peaks' distribution in 1988. Projecting these changes into the future suggests a number of interesting findings. First, it seems likely that the United States will lose its position as the country with the highest level of GDP per worker. Second, the future income distribution will involve far more 'rich' countries and far fewer 'poor' countries than currently observed.

scholarly journals If Technology Has Arrived Everywhere, Why Has Income Diverged?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Comin ◽  
Martí Mestieri
Keyword(s):  
Technology Diffusion ◽  
Aggregate Productivity ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Income Divergence ◽  
Evolution Of Technology ◽  
World Income ◽  
World Income Distribution ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Rich Countries

We study the cross-country evolution of technology diffusion over the last two centuries. We document that adoption lags between poor and rich countries have converged, while the intensity of use of adopted technologies of poor countries relative to rich countries has diverged. The evolution of aggregate productivity implied by these trends in technology diffusion resembles the actual evolution of the world income distribution in the last two centuries. Cross-country differences in adoption lags account for a significant part of the cross-country income divergence in the nineteenth century. The divergence in intensity of use accounts for the divergence during the twentieth century. (JEL N10, N70, O14, O33, O41, O47)

The U.N. and the (Economic) Education of Henry Kissinger

Worldview ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Stalson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
International System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Education ◽  
Henry Kissinger ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Rich Countries

Something remarkable and of historic importance took place in New York during the first two weeks of September, 1975. At a Special Session of the United Nations the poor countries of the world, who have 70 per cent of its people and 30 per cent of its income, demanded that the rich, countries make some major changes in the international system. And the rich countries, including the United States, responded in new ways. Most reporters failed to notice how remarkable the events were, but the evidence is there.

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