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January 25, 2005
Econ 113 20050125--Notes from Richard Halkett Section
What accounts for differential human development? Why Europe? Why England?
How should we best measure differential human development? Is going for agriculture a good decision?
Concepts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measures_of_national_income
UN HDR Gini coefficients, 2004:
| Japan | 0.249 |
| Germany | 0.283 |
| India | 0.325 |
| France | 0.327 |
| Australia | 0.354 |
| UK | 0.360 |
| USA | 0.408 |
| China | 0.447 |
| Mexico | 0.546 |
Posted by DeLong at January 25, 2005 12:30 PM
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i admit i am quite amazed at how low India's coefficient is.
Posted by: yoyo at February 4, 2005 07:40 AM