Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Older Men were used to estimate economic inequality within three 5-year cohorts as they moved from midlife to later life. The Gini index of inequality increased steadily after age 59, supporting the hypothesis that within-cohort inequality increases in late life. However, a transition analysis found considerable mobility in relative status for indiv...

The purpose of this study is to summarise and comment upon what we know about the determinants of both the level and trend in economic inequality over the past two decades, and to relate these findings to the progress of globalisation in these nations. While the fruits of economic progress in rich nations have not been equally spread, we argue that most citizens in rich OECD nations have benefi...

Rapid growth and structural change have reduced poverty in East Asian economies. Income inequality has been low in Korea and Taiwan, but has risen in recent years with economic liberalization. In the Southeast Asian economies of Th ailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, poverty has declined, while income inequality trends have varied, rising most clearly in Th ailand. With its strengthened (private) p...