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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Main Authors: Chia, Hui Ting., Chin, Sook Chee., Ong, Suat Lay.
Other Authors: Park, Donghyun
Format: Final Year Project
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10827
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.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
institution Nanyang Technological University
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Chia, Hui Ting.
Chin, Sook Chee.
Ong, Suat Lay.
Examination of inter-country income inequality using Penn World Table Data.
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.
author2 Park, Donghyun
author_facet Park, Donghyun
Chia, Hui Ting.
Chin, Sook Chee.
Ong, Suat Lay.
format Final Year Project
author Chia, Hui Ting.
Chin, Sook Chee.
Ong, Suat Lay.
author_sort Chia, Hui Ting.
title 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_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_sort examination of inter-country income inequality using penn world table data.
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