%0 Journal Article
%T The Global Kuznets Curve, 1969-2007
%A Jack E. Riggs
%A Jeffrey C. Hobbs
%A Gerald R. Hobbs
%A Todd H. Riggs
%J Modern Economy
%P 160-163
%@ 2152-7261
%D 2012
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/me.2012.32022
%X Noting increasing economic equality in three developed nations and using a theoretical economic model, Kuznets hypothesized that economic development was associated with initial increasing economic inequality followed by decreasing economic inequality. GDP and population data (1969-2007) from 36 nations and regions, comprising the entire global economy and population, demonstrate a global Kuznets curve.
%K Economic Development
%K Global Economy
%K Income Inequality
%K Kuznets Curve
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=18132