Measuring Global Inequality and Poverty

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• 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

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.

Free Research Field

経済統計学