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DISTRIBUTION INCOME [1 record]

Record 1 2014-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • National Accounting
DEF

The way in which total national income is divided among households in the economy.

CONT

A characteristic of the income distribution of virtually all economies is that a high proportion of households have incomes falling within the lower-size classes, while a very small proportion of households fall within the high-income classes. This feature remains remarkably stable over time, the main changes being a general upward shift in the whole distribution, rather than a greater compression of it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Comptabilité nationale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
  • Contabilidad nacional
DEF

Modalidad de división del ingreso nacional total entre la población de un país.

CONT

En un contexto de estabilidad de las políticas macroeconómicas, altas tasas de inversión y de ahorro y reformas estructurales para liberalizar los mercados, las autoridades han abordado con perseverancia los problemas de la pobreza y la distribución del ingreso aplicando medidas focalizadas.

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