Summarizing Table 13 , we have obtained the following evidence for the robust determinants of income distribution within countries: Unexplained GDP has robustly negative effects on the bottom 20% and median income shares, a positive effect on the top 20% income share, and a positive (slightly significant) effect on the Gini coefficient, which implies that relatively low income people could not deal well with economic uncertainty, but top-income people could.
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