000			02112nam a2200349 a 4500
005			20181210070736.0
007			cr |||||||||||
008			060112s2006 dcu sb i000 0 eng
010			_a 2005705510
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dBD-DhBPA
050	0	0	_aHG3881.5.W57
082			_a339.2 _bLON 2006
100	1		_aLopez, J. Humberto. _935021
245	1	2	_aA normal relationship ? _cHumberto Lopez and Luis Serven. _bpoverty, growth, and inequality /
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bWorld Bank, _c2006
300			_a30 p. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aPolicy research working paper ; _v3814
500			_aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 1/12/2006.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520	3		_a"Using a large cross-country income distribution dataset spanning close to 800 country-year observations from industrial and developing countries, the authors show that the size distribution of per capita income is well approximated empirically by a lognormal density. The null hypothesis that per capita income follows a lognormal distribution cannot be rejected-although the same hypothesis is unambiguously rejected when applied to per capita consumption. The authors show that lognormality of per capita income has important implications for the relative roles of income growth and inequality changes in poverty reduction. When poverty reduction is the overriding policy objective, poorer and relatively equal countries may be willing to tolerate modest increases in income inequality in exchange for faster growth-more so than richer and highly unequal countries. "--World Bank web site.
530			_aAlso available in print.
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
590			_aZahid
650		0	_aIncome distribution _vCase studies. _9107973
650		0	_aPoverty _vCase studies. _9107974
650		0	_aEconomic development _vCase studies. _9107975
700	1		_aServen, Luis. _954996
710	2		_aWorld Bank. _9107976
830		0	_aPolicy research working papers (Online) ; _v3814. _9107977
942			_2ddc _cBK
999			_c37547 _d37547