This book focuses on economic inequality, its measurement, and its relationship with economic growth and development. The current literature uses multiple points of view, ranging from ethical, legal, philosophical, to political and economic, to understand the nature of (in)equality. Presenting the problem objectively, this book shows how to measure the phenomenon statistically along with an international comparison of the level of income inequality and economic growth and of their complex relationship. The book also analyzes three decades of theoretical and empirical evidence to understand this phenomenon and discusses a number of political measures to reduce economic disparities while stimulating economic growth.
Author(s): Giuseppe Arbia
Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 71
City: Cham
A Forward By Mohammad Hashem Pesaran
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Preface to the English Edition
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Inequalities and Economic Inequality
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3 Economic Inequality
3.1 Measuring Inequality
3.2 State and Evolution of Personal Income Inequality
3.3 Geographical Inequality
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4 Economic Growth
4.1 Theories of Economic Growth
4.2 Recent Trends in Economic Growth
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5 Inequality and Growth
5.1 Interpretive Models of the Relationship Between Inequality and Growth
5.2 Some Theoretical Positions on Redistributive Policies
5.3 Some Empirical Evidence
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6 Inequality of Opportunities
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7 Recent Trends of Growth and Inequality in a Post-pandemic World
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8 Summary Remarks
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