Analysis of quantitative and percentage distribution of countries of the world by the revenue categories shows that lately the inequality between countries has slightly decreased, although it remains

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• The Occupy Movement and the Top 1% in Canada (2013) · doi

  Beneath such national-level figures lie important geographical differences in the income hierarchy: the thresholds, average incomes and socio-economic characteristics of the top 1% vary widely across provinces and cities.

  Keywords: beneath national level figures important geographical differences income hierarchy thresholds average incomes socio economic characteristics
• Quantitative Assessment of the Dynamics of Changes in the GDP Per Capita Index in the Regions of Bulgaria and Slovakia (2019) · doi

  As some authors note, since most of the research is limited to the assessment and analysis of global trends, this does not allow to distinguish the situation in which regions maintain their relative position from the situations in which the general distribution of income changes slightly while the location of some regions changes significantly.

  Keywords: regions changes authors note limited assessment global trends allow distinguish situation maintain relative position situations
• World Income Inequality in the Global Era (2011) · doi

  However, these studies feature a number of shortcomings, including the use of outdated national income estimates to measure inequality between countries, as well as sparse data to capture the smaller (but growing) component found within countries.

  Keywords: countries feature number shortcomings including outdated national income estimates measure inequality well sparse capture smaller
• Global Economic Trends: A Study of Data from the Years 1961–2013 (2019) · doi

  Analysis of quantitative and percentage distribution of countries of the world by the revenue categories shows that lately the inequality between countries has slightly decreased, although it remains to be deep.

  Keywords: countries quantitative percentage distribution world revenue categories shows lately inequality slightly decreased remains deep
• REGIONAL DISPARITIES AS A RESULT OF DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN CAPITAL AND INNOVATIVENESS ON THE EXAMPLE OF POLAND (2023) · doi

  , assessment of how and whether disparities are disappearing or widening under current socio-economic conditions is crucial to economic stability and cohesion, the problem of determinants of development and the pace of development between regions has rarely been studied in the economic literature.

  Keywords: economic development assessment whether disparities disappearing widening current socio conditions crucial stability cohesion problem determinants