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Table 5 The bottom half and the top 10%. Income ratios in China, India, Europe, and the USA, 1980–2015. Before and after taxes and transfers (T&T)

From: Two epochal turns of inequality, their significance, and their dynamics

 

1980

2015

Before T&T

After T&T

Before T&T

After T&T

China

1:5

n.d.

1:14

n.d.

India

1:7

n.d.

1:20

n.d.

Europe

1:8

1:7

1:10

1:8

USA

1:8

1:6

1:20

1:12

  1. Europe is all Europe excl. Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Sources: China (1978 and 2015) and India: World Inequality Database, www.wid.world/country; Europe and USA: Blanchet et al. 2019: 57f