Suchergebnisse

PART I: WHERE DO WE STAND? WHY IS IT SO? Growing Income Inequalities in Advanced Countries-- N.Chusseau & M.Dumont Inequality in Emerging Countries-- N.Chusseau & J.Hellier The Working Poor-- E.Kalugina PART II: GLOBALIZATION, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND INEQUALITY The North-South HOS Model, Inequality and Globalization-- J.Hellier Is There A Tradeoff Between Wage Inequality and Unemployment? M.Dumont PART III: INEQUALITY, INSTITUTIONS AND LABOUR MARKETS Growing Inequalities, Globalization and Trade Unions-- G.Rayp Efficiency Wages and Inequality-- W.Meeusen & V.Stavrevska PART IV: INEQUALITY, EDUCATION AND GROWTH Education, Intergenerational Mobility and Inequality-- N.Chusseau & J.Hellier Inequality, Growth and Welfare: The Main Links-- J.Hellier & S.Lambrecht

This book provides an up-to-date survey of existing economic literature on the dimensions of growing income inequalities in both advanced and emerging countries. The different explanations and dimensions of inequalities are addressed, particularly globalization, technical progress, in-work poverty, changes in labour market institutions, education and intergenerational mobility, growth and development. The nine chapters provide simplified models exploring each of these elements, and assess commonly accepted explanations and mechanisms.

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Both developed and developing countries have experienced a huge globalization of their economies and an increase in within-country income inequality. We survey the literature on the globalization-inequality relationship. The extension of the North-South Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson (HOS) approach by relaxing certain simplifying assumptions makes it possible to generate most of the observed facts. Production segmentation and offshoring increase inequality in developed and developing countries. Firm heterogeneity generates intra-skill group inequality. Globalization causes changes in technologies and in institutions that can foster inequality. Most of these mechanisms combine globalization with technological or/and institutional changes, which reconcile the three major explanations for the rise in inequality.