Research on economic inequality: poverty, inequality and welfare
In: Research on economic inequality volume 25
In: Research on economic inequality volume 25
In: Philosophy & public affairs, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 99
ISSN: 0048-3915
In: Policy research working paper 3174
In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 114, Heft 775, S. 298-305
ISSN: 0011-3530
World Affairs Online
In: Foreign affairs, Band 81, Heft 4, S. 178-183
ISSN: 0015-7120
David Dollar & Aart Kraay claimed in these pages that globalization reduced economic inequality. Three writers argue they got it wrong, & the authors respond. Adapted from the source document.
In: Studies in comparative international development, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 83-97
ISSN: 0039-3606
Many studies have suggested that inequality, particularly income & sex inequality, may be important macrosocial influences on fertility; but when family planning effort is included as a variable, inequality is found to have little or no apparent direct influence on fertility. Part of the problem may be that some measures of income inequality are unreliable, or that income inequality influences fertility only indirectly. The relative status of women, by contrast, appears to have an important effect on fertility, even with family planning effort considered as well. Regression analysis of cross-national data from less developed countries shows that the relative educational status of women, along with family planning effort & prior fertility, exerts a statistically & substantively significant influence on fertility. 3 Tables, 43 References. Modified AA
In: NBER working paper series 16807
"We revisit to what extent the increase in income inequality over the last 30 years has been mirrored by consumption inequality. We do so by constructing two alternative measures of consumption expenditure, using data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE). We first use reports of active savings and after tax income to construct the measure of consumption implied by the budget constraint. We find that the consumption inequality implied by savings behavior largely tracks income inequality between 1980 and 2007. Second, we use a demand system to correct for systematic measurement error in the CE's expenditure data. Specifically, we consider trends in the relative expenditure of high income and low income households for different goods with different income (total expenditure) elasticities. Our estimation exploits the difference in the growth rate of luxury consumption inequality versus necessity consumption inequality. This "double-differencing,'' which we implement in a a regression framework, corrects for mis-measurement that can systematically vary over time by good and income group. This second exercise indicates that consumption inequality has closely tracked income inequality over the period 1980-2007. Both of our measures show a significantly greater increase in consumption inequality than what is obtained from the CE's total household expenditure data directly"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site
World Affairs Online
In: Journal of democracy, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 76-90
ISSN: 1045-5736
In: Social science quarterly, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 508-524
ISSN: 0038-4941
An examination of the distribution of incomes in the light of Pareto's Law. For 22 countries considered at different times, from Athens 6th century BC to France 1962, the distribution of incomes bears out Pareto's conclusions of the constancy of inequality across societies & of the impossibility of supressing inequality by acting upon the social organization. But in using the lognormal law to represent the distribution of income of world populations in developed countries, somewhat developed, & underdeveloped, (1454-1850-1953) there is evidence of the diminution of inequality of the distribution of fortunes from the 19th century into & in the course of the 20th century. However, if inequality has varied, whatever the social organization, its order to size for incomes has varied relatively little. If inequality cannot be eliminated, it can be reduced perceptibly in democratic societies founded on a market economy. 3 Tables, 6 Charts. E. Loomis.
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 2, Heft 4, S. 677-681
ISSN: 1537-5927
A critique of the APSA Task Force on Inequality & American Democracy report challenges claims that the US is experiencing a reinforcing cycle of political & economic inequality. Attention is called to countertendencies & opportunities to lessen the forces that create inequality in voice, governance, & public policy. It is maintained that political scientists must focus more on the internal dynamics/processes of groups like the Sierra Club which have the potential to create a more engaged & mobilized base. State & local factors that produce or exacerbate inequality are explored, especially the concentration of Latinos & African Americans in low-income urban areas; the ineffectiveness of policies designed to address problems of low-income minorities; & the impact of large-scale immigration. Emphasis is placed on the capacity of churches to teach the skills of participation & the importance of the "war of ideas." It is concluded that discussions about inequality must move beyond the realm of government responsibility to cultural outlets that will encourage people to imagine new forms of democratic engagement. 20 References. J. Lindroth
In: Philosophy & public affairs, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 88-100
ISSN: 0048-3915