Measuring Global Inequality and Poverty

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26380270
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Economic statistics
Research Institution	Okayama University
Principal Investigator	Yoshida Tateo 岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 特命教授 (00150889)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords	所得分布 / 所得・資産分布 / 世界的所得分布 / 購買力平価 / 不平等 / 格差 / 貧困 / グローバリゼーション / 所得格差 / 所得不平等 / 貧困度
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This research derives the worldwide income distribution and examines recent trends in global income inequality and poverty. To perform the calculation, the following three types of statistical data are required for each country in the world: (1)real GDP per capita,(2)population, and (3)domestic income distribution. In this research, we use the newest Penn World Table version 9.0 (2016). Data on domestic income distributions are from the Standardized Inequality Database Ver.5.1(2016) compiled by Frederick Solt.