The aim of this article is to demonstrate regularity in the world income distribution. In particular, using GDP per capita data for the period 1980 to 2004, the article shows that the world income distribution follows the well know 'rank-size rule'.

Furceri, D. (2008). Zipf’s Law and World Income Distribution. APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS, 2008.

Zipf’s Law and World Income Distribution

FURCERI, Davide
2008-01-01

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The aim of this article is to demonstrate regularity in the world income distribution. In particular, using GDP per capita data for the period 1980 to 2004, the article shows that the world income distribution follows the well know 'rank-size rule'.
2008
Furceri, D. (2008). Zipf’s Law and World Income Distribution. APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS, 2008.
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