LEADER 05494nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910465400403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-299-28106-0 010 $a981-4401-70-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000099516 035 $a(EBL)1143334 035 $a(OCoLC)830162336 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000682593 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12322166 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000682593 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10696060 035 $a(PQKB)10082665 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1143334 035 $a(WSP)00002932 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1143334 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10674329 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL459356 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000099516 100 $a20120322d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGrowth with inequality$b[electronic resource] $ean international comparison on income distribution /$feditor, Jinjun Xue 210 $aSingapore ;$aHackensack, NJ $cWorld Scientific$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (402 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4401-68-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword; 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 327 $a2.2. Hong Kong - An Economic Miracle with Unequal 2.3. 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 327 $a4.3. Data, Definitions and Limitations 4.4. 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 327 $a4.6. Explanations and Discussion Acknowledgment; 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 327 $a6.4. 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" 327 $a7.3.2. Labour Party - "Enhancing Social Mobility" 330 $aIn 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 that inequality has become an international phenomenon. It is apparent in both poor countries under authoritarianism and rich countries governed by a democratic regime. Thus, inequality has become not only a hurdle to development but also a threat to social and political stability. The spread of the 606 $aEconomic development$xSocial aspects 606 $aIncome distribution 606 $aIncome$xRegional disparities 606 $aRegional economic disparities 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEconomic development$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aIncome distribution. 615 0$aIncome$xRegional disparities. 615 0$aRegional economic disparities. 676 $a339.2 701 $aXue$b Jinjun$0919528 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465400403321 996 $aGrowth with inequality$92062397 997 $aUNINA