INTERNATIONAL INEQUALITIES IN HUMAN-DEVELOPMENT AND REAL INCOME

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RAM, R
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[1] Illinois State University, Normal, IL
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10.1016/0165-1765(92)90084-C
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F [经济];
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02 ;
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Two well-recommended measures are used to compute intercountry inequalities in real GDP per capita (RY) and the index of human development (HDI). Despite very high positive correlation between RY and HDI, the inequality measures reveal dramatically different pictures.
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