04
APR
2016
14:15
- 15:45
IWH Research Seminar
Cross-country Income Levels Over Time: Did the Developing World Suddenly Become Much Richer?
Who
Robert Inklaar
(University of Groningen)
Where
IWH conference room
The latest global survey on relative prices and income levels, for the year 2011, showed changes to relative income levels that were larger in lower-income countries, thereby narrowing the world income distribution compared to estimates based on the 2005 survey.