Source: Authors’ calculation based on WIOD SEA data. This allows facilitates an investigation into differences in changes in inequality across different parts of the wage distribution (which the Gini measures does not allow). At the top end of the distribution (r90t50) inequality is falling for emerging economies and rising for developed countries. In contrast, inequality seems to be falling at the bottom end of the distribution (r50t 10) for developed countries but rising for emerging economies.