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100			_aRao, Bhanoji
245			_aExplaining cross-country variation in income inequality
260			_c2003
300			_ap.1645-648.
362			_a26 Apr
520			_aMost earlier studies exploring the cross-country variation in the degree of income inequality (measured by Gini Ratio) are valuable but for the inappropriate data on inequality comprising estimates of Gini from incomparable data sets such as national and sub-national surveys, per person and per household income distributions, and income and expenditure distributions. This paper explores the cross-country variation in income inequality based on relatively more comparable data and suggests that public policy aimed at reducing inequality and freedom may be the key variables that explain the variation in the Gini across countries. Prospects for launching national policy initiatives to reduce inequalities are rather dim since globalisation could be conveniently used to rationalise a relatively high level of income inequality. - Reproduced.
650			_aIncome distribution
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a56563
999			_c56563 _d56563