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Growth with Inequality : an International Comparison on Income Distribution.
In the era of globalization and liberalization, the world is enjoying high growth as well as suffering from the ill-effects of unequal distribution of its economic outcomes. The activities of anti-government demonstrations in China and across the world via the Occupy Wall Street Movement highlight t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific Publishing Company,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Part 1 Globalization, Liberalization, Growth and Income Inequality; Chapter 1 Growth and Inequality in China; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Income Inequality in China; 1.2.1. Urban-Rural Income Gap; 1.2.2. Regional Disparities; 1.2.3. Income Inequality of Residents; 1.2.3.1. How Large is the Gini Coefficient?; 1.2.3.2. How Serious is China's Inequality?; 1.3. China's Kuznets Curve; 1.4. Conclusions; 1.4.1. Economic Implications; 1.4.2. Political Risk; References; Chapter 2 Growth and Inequality in Hong Kong; 2.1. Introduction.
- 2.2. Hong Kong
- An Economic Miracle with Unequal2.3. Why Hong Kong's Income Distribution is so Unequal?; 2.4. Why is Disposable Income Distribution so Unequal in Hong Kong?; 2.5. Summary; References; Chapter 3 Growth and Inequality in the United States; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Components of LIMEW; 3.3. Trends in the Level and Composition of Well-being; A. Composition of LIMEW; B. The Middle Class; 3.4. Economic Inequality; 3.5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Growth and Inequality in India; 4.1. Why Focus on Class Structure?; 4.2. Defining a Class Structure for India.
- 4.3. Data, Definitions and Limitations4.4. Results I: Indian Class Structure; 4.4.1. Simplified Class Structure; 4.4.2. Detailed Class Structure; 4.5. Results II: Analyzing Indian Inequality, Does Class Matter?; 4.5.1. Yitzhaki Methodology of Decomposing the Gini Coefficient; 4.5.2. Rural-urban Decomposition; 4.5.3. Inter-state Decomposition; 4.5.4. Simplified Class Decomposition; 4.5.5. Detailed Class Decomposition; 4.5.6. Urban Class Decomposition; 4.5.7. Rural Class Decomposition; 4.5.8. Agrarian Class Decomposition; 4.5.9. Rural Non-agricultural Class Decomposition.
- 4.6. Explanations and DiscussionAcknowledgment; References; Chapter 5 Growth and Inequality in Germany; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Income Generation and Estimation Techniques; 5.3. Patterns in Germany and China; 5.4. Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Growth and Inequality in Korea; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Egalitarian Growth and Capital Controls in Korea; 6.3. Financial Opening, the Crisis and Neoliberal Restructuring; (1) From mismanaged capital account liberalization to the financial crisis; (2) Neoliberal restructuring and full opening of the economy.
- 6.4. Higher Inequality under Neoliberal Regime and its Problems(1) Worsening inequality after the Crisis: The labor market and real estate market; (2) The neoliberal growth pattern and income inequality; 6.5. Conclusions; References; Chapter 7 Growth and Inequality in the UK; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Mapping the Consequences of Neo-liberalism; 7.2.1. Inequality and the Slow Erosion of the Social Fabric; 7.3. The Party Political Dimension: Inequality and the 2010 General Election; 7.3.1. The Conservatives
- Remedying the "Broken Society" with the "Big Society."
- 7.3.2. Labour Party
- "Enhancing Social Mobility."