Income and health in cities: the messages from stylized facts.

3 4 Although the precise relationship between the level of income or its growth and inequality is hard to ascertain and the relationships is likely to be nonlinear, 16 – 18 an apparent trend in recent years is the increase in inequality within countries. 19 , 20 For instance, China’s Gini has risen from 31 in 1981 to 45 in 2001. 21 Even in Korea and Japan, which are perceived as countries with the most equal distribution, Gini coefficients are increasing. 5 It is important to emphasize

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