Growth with inequality [[electronic resource] ] : an international comparison on income distribution / / editor, Jinjun Xue

• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (402 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.2
• Soggetto topico: Economic development - Social aspects; Income distribution; Income - Regional disparities; Regional economic disparities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: XueJinjun
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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 ; 4.3. 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 ; 4.6. 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 ; 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"
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Growth with inequality
• ISBN: 1-299-28106-0; 981-4401-70-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465400403321
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