Income inequality, development and electoral turnout – New evidence on a burgeoning debate

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 764-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Stockemer ◽  
Lyle Scruggs
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Electoral Turnout ◽  
New Evidence

Does income inequality hinder economic growth? New evidence using Australian taxation statistics

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 119-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Kennedy ◽  
Russell Smyth ◽  
Abbas Valadkhani ◽  
George Chen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
New Evidence

The shape of income distribution and decomposition of the changes in income inequality in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 760-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aswini Kumar Mishra ◽  
Anil Kumar ◽  
Abhishek Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Income Growth ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Income Distributions ◽  
The Rich ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Though Indian economy since 1980s has expanded very rapidly, yet the benefits of growth remain very unequally distributed. The purpose of this paper is to provide new evidence about the shape, intensity and decomposition of inequality change between 2005 and 2012. The authors find that Gini, as a measure of income inequality, has increased irrespective of geographic regions. Design/methodology/approach Based on a recent distribution analysis tool, “ABG,” the paper focuses on local inequality, and summarizes the shape of inequality in terms of three inequality parameters (α, β and γ) to examine how the income distributions have changed over time. Here, the central coefficient (α) measures inequality at the median level, with adjustment parameters at the top (β) and bottom (γ). Findings The results reveal that at the middle of distribution (α), there is almost the same inequality in both the periods, but the coefficients on the curvature parameters β and γ show that there is increasing inequality in the subsequent period. Finally, an analysis of decomposition of inequality change suggests that though income growth was progressive, however, this equalizing effect was more than offset by the disequalizing effect of income reranking. Research limitations/implications This paper shows how it can be possible both for “the poor” to fare badly relatively to “the rich” and for income growth to be pro-poor. Practical implications This paper stresses the significance of inequality reduction. Social implications Inequality reduction is very much imperative in ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Originality/value Perhaps, this research work is first of its kind to examine the shape and decomposition of change in income inequality in India in recent years.

Trade policy and income inequality: new evidence

1998 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Savvides
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
New Evidence

scholarly journals EDUCATION AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN TURKEY: NEW EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA ANALYSIS

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-207
Author(s):  
Esra ÖZTÜRK ◽  
Ayşegül KAYAOĞLU
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
New Evidence

scholarly journals Inequality in Early Modern Spain: New evidence from the Ensenada Cadastre in Castile, c. 1750

2020 ◽  
pp. 255-273
Author(s):  
Esteban Nicolini ◽  
Fernando Ramos-Palencia
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Capita Income ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Social Spending ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Early Modern Spain ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
New Evidence

This chapter addresses income inequality by offering new evidence based on the Ensenada Cadastre, a unique database on Castilian households circa 1750. We find that inequality in 18th-century Spain was substantial, especially in urban and/or highly populated areas. There was also a positive – but somewhat weaker – relationship not only between inequality and per capita income but also between inequality and poverty. We posit that extreme economic inequality was likely responsible for numerous episodes of social conflict. Finally, the extent of formalized charity and social spending was less than in other Western European regions.

Agricultural Productivity Differences across Countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (5) ◽  
pp. 165-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Gollin ◽  
David Lagakos ◽  
Michael E. Waugh
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
Productivity Data ◽  
World Income ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Wheat Cross

Recent studies argue that cross-country labor productivity differences are much larger in agriculture than in the aggregate. We reexamine the agricultural productivity data underlying this conclusion using new evidence from disaggregate sources. We find that for the world's staple grains-maize, rice, and wheat-cross-country differences in the quantity of grain produced per worker are enormous according to both micro- and macrosources. Our findings validate the idea that understanding agricultural productivity is at the heart of understanding world income inequality.

Education and Income Inequality: New Evidence From Cross-Country Data

2002 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose De Gregorio ◽  
Jong-Wha Lee
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
New Evidence

scholarly journals Finance and income inequality: A review and new evidence

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 171-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob de Haan ◽  
Jan-Egbert Sturm
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
New Evidence
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