The International Comparison of Size Distribution of Family Incomes with Special Reference to Asia

HIS paper attempts to supplement the T discussion initiated by Professor Simon Kuznets in his work on the impact of economic growth on size distribution of income (American Economic Review, XLV (March I955) and continued by Professor Irving Kravis (this Review, XLII (November I960). It will deal with (i) measures of income inequality, (2) determinants of differences in income dispersions in various countries, and (3) the sources and limitations of the data used, (Appendix).