1. Inequality beyond GDP: A Long View
- Author:
- Leandro Prados de la Escosura
- Publication Date:
- 09-2021
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Cato Institute
- Abstract:
- In the past century and a half, substantial gains in wellbeing have been achieved across the board. This can be observed for the main dimensions of well‐being: health, education, political voice, civil liberties, personal security, and material well‐being. However, in the study of international well‐being and its distribution, the focus remains on income. My research addresses multidimensional well‐being and raises some questions. How have the gains from well‐being dimensions been distributed? Do relative and absolute inequality move together? What drives relative inequality? Which parts of the distribution achieved larger gains over time in relative and absolute terms?
- Topic:
- GDP, Inequality, Economic Policy, and Well-Being
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus