| Inequality, Growth, and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization Contributor(s): Cornia, Giovanni Andrea (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199284105 ISBN-13: 9780199284108 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $147.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: Based on an extensive review of relevant literature and an econometric analysis of inequality indexes, this volume provides the first systematic analysis of the changes in within-country income inequality over the last twenty years. In particular, it shows that inequality worsened in seventy per cent of the 73 developed, developing, and transitional countries analysed, and evaluates possible causes for this widespread rise in income inequality. The book goes on to offer the first empirical assessment of the relation between policies towards liberalization and globalization and income inequality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics |
| Dewey: 339.22 |
| Series: Unu/Wider Studies in Development Economics |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.24" W x 9.18" (1.56 lbs) 464 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on an extensive review of relevant literature and an econometric analysis of inequality indexes, this volume provides the first systematic analysis of the changes in within-country income inequality over the last twenty years. In particular, it shows that inequality worsened in seventy per cent of the 73 developed, developing, and transitional countries analysed, and evaluates possible causes for this widespread rise in income inequality. The book goes on to offer the first empirical assessment of the relation between policies towards liberalization and globalization and income inequality. |