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In the bottom percentiles number of hours worked has decreased.
The main reason for increasing inequality seems to be the difference between
the demand for and supply of skills.
The study made the following conclusions about the level of economic inequality:
Income inequality in OECD countries is at its highest level for the past half
century. The ratio between the bottom 10% and the top 10% has increased from
1:7, to 1:9 in 25 years.
There are tentative signs of a possible convergence of inequality levels towards a
common and higher average level across OECD countries.
With very few exceptions (France, Japan, and Spain), the wages of the 10%
best-paid workers have risen relative to those of the 10% lowest paid.
A 2011 OECD study investigated economic inequality
in Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa. It concluded that
key sources of inequality in these countries include "a large, persistent informal sector,
widespread regional divides (e.g. urban-rural), gaps in access to education, and barriers
to employment and career progression for women."
Countries by total wealth (trillions USD),
Credit Suisse
World map of countries by the inequalityadjusted
Human Development Index.
A study by the World Institute for Development Economics Research at United Nations
University reports that the richest 1% of adults alone owned 40% of global assets in the
year 2000. The three richest people in the world possess more financial assets than the
lowest 48 nations combined. The combined wealth of the "10 million dollar millionaires"
grew to nearly $41 trillion in 2008. A January 2014 report by Oxfam claims that the 85
wealthiest individuals in the world have a combined wealth equal to that of the bottom
50% of the world's population, or about 3.5 billion people. According to a Los Angeles
Times analysis of the report, the wealthiest 1% owns 46% of the world's wealth; the 85
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