income distribution covers how a country's total GDP is distributed amongst its population. Economic theory and economic policy have long seen income...

terms of real income, which have been adjusted for changes to the price of goods and services. The distribution of U.S. household income has become more...

redistributing income, depending on how unequal their initial distributions are. Free-market capitalist economies tend to feature high degrees of income redistribution...

16.6%, and 12.5%, respectively. Income growth since 1970 Income distribution can be assessed using a variety of income definitions. Adjustments are applied...

income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of understanding income distribution. Median income...

divides the income distribution into two equal groups, half having income above that amount, and half having income below that amount. Mean income (average)...

same income) and 1 corresponds with perfect inequality (where one person has all the income—and everyone else has no income). Income distribution can vary...

economic heterogeneity. The distribution of wealth differs from the income distribution in that it looks at the economic distribution of ownership of the assets...

does not reflect income distribution. If a country's income distribution is skewed, a small wealthy class can increase per capita income substantially while...

consumption, labor income, capital income, and wealth. The sizes of human settlements (few cities, many hamlets/villages) File size distribution of Internet...