Title: World income inequality database (WIID) V1.0, 2000

Alternate title: UNU-WIDER database v1.0, 2000

Series title: World income inequality database (WIID)

Principal investigator(s): United Nations University. World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Producer: Helsinki, Finland: United Nations University. World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Date of creation: 2000-09-12

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Distributor: Helsinki, Finland: United Nations University. World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Date of distribution: 2005-09-06

Access conditions/restrictions: unrestricted

Summary: The UNU-WIDER World Income Inequality Database (WIID) collects and stores information on income inequality for developed, developing, and transition countries.

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Geographic coverage: international (159 countries)

Time period: 1867-1999

Periodicity: varies

Date(s) of collection: 1997-1999

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Data type: time-series aggregate statistics

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Unit of observation: country/year

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Extent of file: 2 data file (MS Excel format; 11,904 logical records) & accompanying documentation

Citation: World income inequality database (WIID) V1.0, Sept. 2000 [computer file]./ United Nations University. World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER). Helsinki, Finland: (UNU-WIDER) [producer and distributor], 2000.

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Downloaded from <http://www.wider.unu.edu/research/Database/en_GB/database/>

Related data: WIID v2.0a, 2005, v2.0c, 2008

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