Growth, inequality and poverty: some hard questions.(COMMENTARIES)

Journal of International Affairs;  March 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......in the economic analysis of growth, inequality and poverty. Starting with...discourse on the economics of growth, inequality and poverty straddles both...argue that in the economics of growth, inequality and poverty, and especially...

Why inequality matters: some economic issues.

Ethics & International Affairs;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......textbook economics is that inequality is likely to enhance growth by concentrating income...least for understanding growth. Income inequality matters if people (and...developing countries. * Inequality can inhibit growth and slow poverty reduction...

Slicing the cake: what is the relationship between inequality and economic...

The Economist (US);  October 19, 1996 ;     700+ words ......examined the link between growth and inequality. In a recent one* Klaus Deininger...that the link between high inequality and low growth lies largely in the inability...fourth potential link between inequality and growth is through fiscal policy...

Changes in the inequality of earnings for young men in metropolitan labor...

Economic Geography;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......States in recent years, but the growth of inequality has varied widely across different...develop explanations for the growth of inequality that involve shifts of employment...only minor portions of the growth of inequality. Most of the growth of inequality...

Letters; On global inequality, flags, execution, Britain's election,...

The Economist (US);  May 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ......reducing both poverty and inequality. If inequality contributes to low growth, and low growth sustains...attack on the problem of inequality. Next time I hope The Economist will move beyond the growth debate to underline this...

Measurement of Inequality and Poverty

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Measurement of Inequalityand Poverty, Edited by S. Subramanian...369. Rs. 545.00. Economic growth with reduction in inequality and poverty is one of the...countries. However, economic growth alone does not necessarily...may aggravate the level of inequality leaving absolute poverty mostly ...

The growing inequality of family income: changing families and changing...

New England Economic Review;  July 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......observe that inequality typically declines...benefits of growth trickle down...by economic growth as well as by growing income inequality. One well-documented...substantial real growth at the top...between.(3) Inequality rises in recessions...

How inequality spoils the achievements of economic growth t NEWS ANALYSIS...

The Independent - London;  January 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ......in the West, since 1945, growth also appears to have become...the figures on incomes and growth understate the scale of...the failure to eradicate inequality either between or within countries. Growth in the OECD nations has...A formal measure of this inequality, the "Gini coefficient" ...

Discussion. (comment on Katherine O'Regan and John Quigley, in this...

New England Economic Review;  May 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......differences in earnings inequality. So the question is not...for changes in earnings inequality that focus on levels and...the screen, the slower the growth in inequality. Therefore, levels may matter...the screen may reduce the growth in inequality. Therefore, changes in ...

Exploring income inequality in rural, coastal Viet Nam.

Journal of Development Studies;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......relationship between inequality, poverty, deprivation and growth are largely...welfare. Rising inequality is often hypothesised...of economic growth at particular...about equitable growth. What the results...cause rising inequality, particularly...

PRESS CONFERENCE BY U.N. UNIVERSITY TO LAUNCH NEW STUDY ON POVERTY,...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the study "Poverty, Growth and Inequality in China", said today...remarkable as China's growth record had been, it...particularly fast-rising inequality, he said. Since the...variables - economic growth and inequality - and because the...

Norms of inequality.(Papers from the 1999 AFEE Meeting)

Journal of Economic Issues;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Norms of inequality have been the subject of...changes have contributed to the growth in earnings inequality [Atkinson 1997, 311]. Another...adherence to existing norms of inequality, and that a wider range of...in community attitudes to inequality. Most industrialized countries...

Inequality and Health: Implications for Social Work.

Health and Social Work;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......namely, the rapid growth in relative poverty, or inequality. The figures...Conversely, economic growth, by alleviating...Sagan, p. 126). INEQUALITY AND HEALTH As...effects of economic growth begin to diminish...relative poverty, or inequality, replaces material...

Rural Finance and Inequality in Credit Flow through DCCBs in Maharashtra

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics;  July 1, 2007 ;     606 words ......magnitude and direction of inequality in the flow of short-term...and factors influencing the inequality in short term credit disbursement...performance in respect of growth in loans and advances were...both intra and inter-regional inequality. In order to study the factors...

EXCAVATING A FORCE THAT DRIVES INCOME INEQUALITY: RETHINKING AND ANALYZING...

Journal of Political and Military Sociology;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......MPR) decrease (income) inequality within a society. While...influence of MPR on income inequality, controlled for level of development, population growth, human capital, trade...describes the level of inequality as a curvilinear function...economy), where the level of inequality is highest ...