BRANKOMILANOVIC,SENIORSCHOLAR

SeniorScholar,LISCenter
VisitingPresidentialProfessor,TheGraduateCenter
Contact:
Email:bmilanovic@gc.cuny.edu
BrankoMilanovicisaleadingscholaronincomeinequalitywho
joinedTheGraduateCenterasVisitingPresidentialProfessorand
SeniorScholarintheLISCenter.BeforecomingtotheLISCenter,hewasLeadEconomistin
theWorldBank'sresearchdepartment.HeistheauthorofTheHavesandtheHaveNots:A
BriefandIdiosyncraticHistoryofGlobalInequalityandnumerousarticlesontheglobal
incomedistribution.
BIO
CV
Datasets

Books:
Milanovic,Branko.TheHavesandtheHavenots:ABriefandIdiosyncraticHistoryofGlobalInequality.
NewYork:Basic,2011.

Interviews and op-eds,

2012 - 2015
2016
IntroducingKuznetswaves

(24 February 2016)

Thehiddeneconomics
behindtheriseofDonald
Trump (1 March 2016)

2015
Interviewonglobalinequlity
onBrianLeherShow,New

York (January 12)

InterviewforMarketplace,

Washington January 15

JosephStiglitzoninequalty

Milanovic,Branko.WorldsApart:MeasuringInternationalandGlobalInequality.Princeton,NJ:
PrincetonUP,2005.
Milanovic,Branko.IncomeInequalityandPovertyDuringtheTransitionfromPlannedtoMarketEconomy.
Washington,DC:WorldBank,1998.
Publications:
2015
"Increasingcapitalincomeshareanditseffectonpersonalincomeinequality",October2015

January 6, Social Europe

blog

NationalVices,Global
Virtue:istheworldbecomes
moreequal?CGD blog,

January 20

InterviewwththeIsraeli
magazine,Calcalist,

January 26. (published Feb

12)

(unpublished)

InteviewwithChinaRadio
International,3 February.

(withChristophLakner),Globalincomedistribution:fromthefalloftheBerlinWalltotheGreat

OpedpieceforAlJazeera
onhumancapital

Recession ,WorldBankEconomicReview,published12August2015

Globalinequalityofopportunity:howmuchofourincomeisdeterminedbywherewelive,Reviewof
EconomicsandStatistics(May2015).
"Thelevelanddistributionofincomeinmid18thcenturyFrance,accordingtoFranoisQuesnay,Journalof
theHistoryofEconomicThought(March2015).

2014
Thereturnofpatrimonialcapitalism:reviewofThomasPikettysCapitalinthe21stcentury ,Journalof

InterviewforCooperative
radioinVancouver(March

15, 2015)

InterviewforWiener
ZeitunginParis(10 April)
Longinterviewforthe
Czechmargazine
HorporaskenovinyinParis

(11 April)

EconomicLiterature,June2014(forthcoming).

InterviewforINETownTV
(podcast)(10 april)

(withNicholasSambanis)Explainingthedemandforsovereignty,WorldBankWorkingPaperNo.

RuleofrobotsinSiglitzand
MarxinSinpermiso(26

5888,November2011.RevisedversioninComparativePoliticalStudies(forthcoming).
Thelevelanddistributionofincomeinmid18thcenturyFrance,accordingtoFranoisQuesnay,Journalof
theHistoryofEconomicThought(forthcoming,2014).

2013
Theinequalitypossibilityfrontier:extensionsandnewapplications,WorldBankWorkingPaperNo.

April)

Globalinequalityof
opportunityinEUVox(May

6, 2015)

InterviewforElPaisin
Madrid(23 June 2015);

published 6 September

6449,May2013.
Globalincomeinequalityinnumbers:inhistoryandnow,GlobalPolicy,May2013,pp.198208.
2012
Globalizationandinequality,Introductiontothevolumeofselectedreadings,B.Milanovic(ed.),

MigrationintoEurope:A
ProblemwithNoSolution
InterviewforaSpanish
economicmagazine
Finanzas(24 June)

Globalizationandinequality,EdwardElgar,2012.

OpedpieceforAlJazeeraon
Grexit.

GlobalInequality:FromClasstoLocation,fromProletarianstoMigrants,GlobalPolicy,vol.3,No.2,
May2012,pp.124133.

Opedontheglobalmiddle
classforWorldPost

Globalinequalityrecalculatedandupdated:theeffectofnewPPPestimatesonglobalinequalityand2005

InterviewforUNDPin
Zagreb.

estimates,JournalofEconomicInequality,volume10,issue1,2012,pp.118.

(withLireErsado),Reformandinequalityduringthetransition:Ananalysisusingpanelhouseholdsurvey
data,19902005 ,inEconomiesinTransition:TheLongRunView,editedbyGerardRoland,

Palgrave,2012,pp.84108.
2011
"Ashorthistoryofglobalinequality:Thepasttwocenturies",ExplorationsinEconomicHistory,vol.
48,(November)2011,pp.494506.
(withPeterLindertandJeffreyWilliamson),Preindustrialinequality,EconomicJournal,March
2011,pp.255272.
2010
IncomelevelandincomeinequalityintheEuroMediterraneanregion:fromthePrincipatetotheIslamic
conquest,Winter2010,unpublisheddraft.

"Fourcritiquesoftheredistributionhypothesis:Anassessment",EuropeanJournalofPolitical
Economy,vol.26,No.1,March2010,pp.147154.
(withShaleHorowitzandKarlaHoff),"TurnoverinPowerasaRestraintonInvestinginInfluence:
EvidencefromthePostCommunistTransition ",EconomicsandPolitics,vol.22,No.3,November

2010,pp.329361.
2009
Preindustrialinequality,entryfortheNewPalgraveDictionaryofEconomics.December2009.
(withShaleHorowitzandKarlaHoff)Governmentturnover:concepts,measures,andapplications,
EuropeanJournalofPoliticalResearch,vol.48,March2009,pp.107129.
(withLeifWenar)AreLiberalPeoplesPeaceful? ,JournalofPoliticalPhilosophy,
Volume17,Issue4,pp.462486,July2009.
2008
Rulesofredistributionandforeignaid:Aproposalforachangeintherulesgoverningeligibilityforforeign
aid,Interventions,vol.5,No.1,2008,pp.197214.

QatExpendituresinYemenandDjibouti:AnEmpiricalAnalysis,JournalofAfricanEconomies,Vol.
17,Issue5,pp.661687,2008.
(withFrancoisBourguignon,FranciscoFerreiraandMartinRavallion)GlobalInequalityand
Poverty,entryforthePrincetonEncyclopediaoftheWorldEconomy,2008.

(withRafaelMunozdeBustillo),LadesigualidaddeladistribuciondelarentaenAmericaLatina:
Situacion,evolucionyfactoresexplicativos,AmericaLatinaHoy,April2008,vol.48,pp.1542.

2014
Howwecanstrengthenthe
worrd'sfragilemiddleclass?

Financial Times (April 28)

Q&AwithEduardoPorter,

New York Times (March

18)

GlobalEconomicsbetween
JerusalemandAthens, The

Globalist (March 13)

Ashortreviewofincome
inequalityinChina [ppt]
Globalincomeinequality
fromthefalloftheBerlin
WalltotheGreatRecession
(Ch.LaknerandB.
Milanovic),Winter201314

[ppt]

The World Post, 1st issue:

Winnersandlosersof
globalization (January 21,
2014).
InequalityintheUnited
StatesandChina, Harvard
Business Review blog
(January 27, 2014).
2013
Whyincomeinequalityis
heretostay, A blog for
Harvard business Review
(January)

InterviewforCNBC (January
17, 2013).

InterviewforthePacific
Standard (January 22,

2013)

InterviewforGlobalPost

(January 31, 2013)

InequalityandDemocratic
Capitalism, The Globalist
(March 15, 2013)

InterviewforAlJazeeraThe
RiseofTheGlobalSouth

(March 18, 2013)

ApieceinLaVanguardia
Dossier, Se ha acabado el

periodo especial del

Whereintheworldareyou?Assessingtheimportanceofcircumstanceandeffortinaworldofdifferentmean
countryincomesand(almost)nomigration ,WorldBankWorkingPaperNo.4493,January2008.

2007
Globalincomeinequality,Soundings,Winter2007,No.37,pp.5865.

GlobalizationandInequalityinDavidHeldandAyseKaya(eds.),GlobalInequality:Patternsand
Explanations,London:PolityPress,2007,pp.2649.
2006
AnestimateofaverageincomeandinequalityinByzantiumaroundyear1000,ReviewofIncomeand
Wealth,vol.52,No.3,2006,pp.449470.
GlobalIncomeInequality:AReview,WorldEconomics,vol.7,No.1,JanuaryMarch2006,pp.
131153.
Ladesigualdadmundialdelarenta:quesyporquesimportantePrincipios:EstudiosdeEconomia
Politica,No.5,2006,pp.3556.

InequalityanddeterminantsofearningsinMalaysia,198497,AsianEconomicJournal,vol.20,No.
2,June2006,pp.191216.

(withLynSquire),DoesTariffliberalizationincreasewageinequality?Someempiricalevidence,inAnn
Harrison(ed.),GlobalizationandPoverty,ChicagoUniversityPress,2006.

Economicintegrationandincomeconvergence:notsuchastronglink? ,ReviewofEconomicsand
Statistics,2006.vol.88,No,4,November2006.pp.659670.

2005
Whydidthepoorestcountriesfailtocatchup? ,CarnegieWorkingPaperNo.62,September2005.
Halfaworld:regionalinequalityinfivegreatfederations,JournalofAsiaPacificEconomy,vol.10,
No.4,November2005,pp.408445.
GlobalizationandGoals:DoesSoccerShowtheWay? ,ReviewofInternationalPoliticalEconomy,
vol.12,No.5,December2005,pp.829850.
CanWeDiscerntheEffectofGlobalizationonIncomeDistribution?EvidencefromHouseholdBudget
Surveys",WorldBankEconomicReview,No.1,2005,pp.2144.

2004
WhyWeAllCareAboutInequality(ButAreLoathtoAdmitIt)),ChallengeMagazine,November
December2007,vol.50,No.6,pp.109120.
(withMarkGradstein),DoesLibert=Egalit?ASurveyoftheEmpiricalLinksBetweenDemocracyand
InequalitywithSomeEvidenceontheTransitionEconomies,JournalofEconomicSurveys,vol.18No.

4,pp.515537,September2004.
(withJeanLanjouw,PeterLanjouw.StefanoPaternostro).RelativePriceShifts,EconomiesofScale
andPovertyduringEconomicTransition ,EconomicsofTransition,vol.12,September2004,pp.

509536.
2003
TheTwoFacesofGlobalization:AgainstGlobalizationasWeKnowit,WorldDevelopment,April2003,
pp.667683.
IsinequalityinAfricareallydifferent? ,WorldBankResearchWorkingPaperNo.3169,Mat2003.

periodo especial del

capitalismo?
TheBalkans:Another
Europeanconundrum, The
Globalist (June 1, 2013)

InterviewforCanadaMSN

on global inequality (June

4, 2013)

LosBalcanesyelfuturodel
Europa, El Pais (July 3,
2013).

Theendofalongera, a
blog post on World Bank
Researchs Lets talk
development, (July 19,
2013)

InterviewforWashington
PostBlogWorldView

(October 7, 2013)

Theeconomiccausesof
migration , The Globalist
(Ocober 22, 2013). Also
publishedinElPais.
Findingapathtoshared
prosperity, World Bank
blog (October 25. 2013)
AninterviewforSlovenian
magazineObjektiv (28

December 2013)
2012

InterviewforElPublico,

Portuguese newspaper,
website. (February 21)

InterviewforObservatoire
desinegalites, a French

blog (February 27, 2012)

InterviewforDinheiro,
Portuguese business
magazine (February 2012)

InterviewwithMimi
Geerges, NPR-affiliate

show (March 7, 2012)

Endingtherichworldbias
inglobaleconomic
statistics, The Globalist

(March 21, 2012)

AdamSmithsofCapital,
FriedrichListsofLabor,
The Globalist (June 4,
2012)

Incomeinequalityinthe
Europevs.US:Regionalvs.
social/classinequality,

Inequality in Focus, World

Bank PREM Newsletter
(June 2012)

VideointerviewforGlobal
PolicyJournal (17 July

2012)

InterviewforthePacifica
radio Ian Masters

Background Briefing

2002
DoweTendtoOverestimatepovertygaps?TheImpactofEquivalencyScalesontheCalculationofthe
PovertyGap,AppliedEconomicsLetters,vol.9,pp.6972,2002.

(withShlomoYitzhaki),"DecomposingWorldIncomeDistribution:DoestheWorldHaveaMiddleClass? ",
ReviewofIncomeandWealth,Vol.48,No.2,June2002,pp.155178.
TrueWorldIncomeDistribution,1988and1993:FirstCalculationsBasedonHouseholdSurveysAlone,The
EconomicJournal,vol.112,No.476,January2002,pp.5192.
2001
(withEthanKapstein),RespondingtoGlobalization:SocialPolicyinEmergingMarketEconomies,
GlobalSocialPolicy,pp.191212,No.2,2001.
(withMarkGradsteinandYvonneYing),"DemocracyandIncomeInequality:AnEmpiricalAnalysis",
WorldBankPolicyResearchWorkingPapersSeriesNo.2561,February2001.
2000
TheMedianVoterHypothesis,IncomeInequalityandIncomeRedistribution:AnEmpiricalTestwiththe
RequiredData,EuropeanJournalofPoliticalEconomy,vol.16,No.3,September2000,pp.

367410.
"Nations,Conglomerates,andEmpires:TheTradeoffbetweenIncomeandSovereignty",inD.Salvatore,
M.Svetlicic,andJ.Damijan(eds.)SmallCountriesinaGlobalEconomy:NewChallengesand
Opportunities,Palgrave,2000,pp.2570.
1999
(withBrankoJovanovic)ChangeinthePerceptionofthePovertyLineduringtheTimesofDepression:
Russia199396 ",WorldBankEconomicReview,vol.13,No.3,September1999,pp.531560.

1997
"ASimpleWaytoCalculatetheGiniCoefficient,andSomeImplications",EconomicsLetters56,1997,
pp.4549.
1994
DeterminantsofCrosscountryIncomeInequality:AnAugmentedKuznets'Hypothesis",WorldBankPRE
WorkingPapersSeries,No.1246,January1994.
"TheGinitypeFunctions:AnAlternativeDerivation",BulletinofEconomicResearch,1:1994,pp.81
90.

Background Briefing
(August 23, 2012)

InterviewforRusiaHoy

(published August 31,

2012)

Therealwinnersandlosers
ofglobalization , The
Globalist (October 25,
2012).

InterviewforNoviList, a
Croatian daily (November
11, 2012).

TheRealWinnersand
LosersofGlobalization ,
World Banks lets talk
development blog
(December 14, 2012)
IncomeInequality:From
NationaltoGlobal

Reading List

Part 1.1
Simon Kuznets (1955),
EconomicGrowthand
IncomeInequality
Branko Milanovic (2014),
Returnofpatrimonial

capitalism:Reviewof
ThomasPikettysCapitalin
the21stcentury

Joseph Persky (1992,

Retrospective:Paretos
Law
Branko Milanovic (2012),
Globalizationand
inequality,

Part 1.2
Facundo Alvaredo and Leo
Gasparini (2013), Recent
trendsinpovertyand
inequalityindeveloping
countries

Alvaredo, Facundo,
Anthony B. Atkinson,
Thomas, Piketty, and
Emmanuel Saez (2013),
TheTop1Percentin

InternationalandHistorical
Perspective

Ravi Kanbur and Xiaobo

Zhang (2005), FiftyYears
ofRegionalInequalityin
China:AJourneythrough
CentralPlanning,Reform,
andOpenness

Part 2.1
Christoph Lakner and
Branko Milanovic (2013),
Globalincomedistribution:

FromthefalloftheBerlin
WalltotheGreatRecession

Branko Milanovic (2013),

Globalincomeinequalityin

thenumbers:inhistoryand
nowanoverview

nowanoverview

Part 2.2
Branko Milanovic (2014),
Globalinequalityof

opportunity:howmuchof
ourincomeisdeterminedby
wherewelive

Amartya Sen (2010),

AdamSmithandthe
contemporaryworld

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