Examination of inter-country income inequality using Penn World Table Data.
The central objective of this research project is to empirically examine inter-country inequality for the period 1960 to 1995. That is, we look at whether income inequalityamong countries has been rising or falling. Our project is therefore essentially an empirical test of the convergence hypothesis...
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| author | Chia, Hui Ting. Chin, Sook Chee. Ong, Suat Lay. |
| author2 | Park, Donghyun |
| author_facet | Park, Donghyun Chia, Hui Ting. Chin, Sook Chee. Ong, Suat Lay. |
| author_sort | Chia, Hui Ting. |
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| description | The central objective of this research project is to empirically examine inter-country inequality for the period 1960 to 1995. That is, we look at whether income inequalityamong countries has been rising or falling. Our project is therefore essentially an empirical test of the convergence hypothesis. Our data set comes largely from the Penn World Table version 5.6. Our sample covers 162 countries and the period 1960 to 1995. |
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| institution | Nanyang Technological University |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/108272023-05-19T05:41:39Z Examination of inter-country income inequality using Penn World Table Data. Chia, Hui Ting. Chin, Sook Chee. Ong, Suat Lay. Park, Donghyun Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic theory The central objective of this research project is to empirically examine inter-country inequality for the period 1960 to 1995. That is, we look at whether income inequalityamong countries has been rising or falling. Our project is therefore essentially an empirical test of the convergence hypothesis. Our data set comes largely from the Penn World Table version 5.6. Our sample covers 162 countries and the period 1960 to 1995. 2008-09-24T07:47:58Z 2008-09-24T07:47:58Z 1999 1999 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10827 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic theory Chia, Hui Ting. Chin, Sook Chee. Ong, Suat Lay. Examination of inter-country income inequality using Penn World Table Data. |
| title | Examination of inter-country income inequality using Penn World Table Data. |
| title_full | Examination of inter-country income inequality using Penn World Table Data. |
| title_fullStr | Examination of inter-country income inequality using Penn World Table Data. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examination of inter-country income inequality using Penn World Table Data. |
| title_short | Examination of inter-country income inequality using Penn World Table Data. |
| title_sort | examination of inter country income inequality using penn world table data |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic theory |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10827 |
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