Scaling in income inequalities and its dynamical origin

Status, Impact, and Factor Determining Rural Non-farm Economy of India: A Review

Indian Journal of Economics and Development ◽

10.35716/ijed/ns20-005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 68-76

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Present Status ◽

Economic Activity ◽

Rural Livelihoods ◽

Pivotal Role ◽

Inclusive Development ◽

Farm Sector ◽

Income Inequalities ◽

Review Study ◽

The Impact

The rural non-farm sector (RNFS) involves a spectrum of economic activity in rural areas and encompasses all rural productive entities other than farm holdings. It has the potential to play a pivotal role in holistic and inclusive development of India’s rural areas by increasing the employment and wages of rural labour, which can reduce income inequalities. The review was carried out in order to explain the present status of RNFE state wise as well as overall to get a comprehensive view on the topic. The review study also focuses to disaggregate RNFE on the basis of gender, size of landholding and castes. Literature depicting the impact of RNFE on rural livelihoods especially in employment and poverty and factors determining it also been compiled to get an overall idea on the study.

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Growing Income Inequalities in Advanced Countries

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2276420 ◽

2012 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nathalie Chusseau ◽

Michel Dumont

Keyword(s):

Income Inequalities

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Explaining Income Inequalities: A Cross Sectional-Study of OECD Countries

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3212518 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Ramesh Bhardwaj

Keyword(s):

Oecd Countries ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Income Inequalities

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Income Inequalities in PostColonial Peninsular Malaysia

Pacific Viewpoint ◽

10.1111/apv.231004 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 67-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jomo Kwame Sundaram ◽

Ishak Shari

Keyword(s):

Peninsular Malaysia ◽

Income Inequalities

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The Lost Sexenio: Vicente Fox and the New Politics of Economic Reform in Mexico

Latin American Politics and Society ◽

10.1111/j.1548-2456.2005.tb00331.x ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 135-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Manuel Pastor ◽

Carol Wise

Keyword(s):

Economic Reform ◽

Presidential Election ◽

State Policies ◽

Essential Elements ◽

Coalition Building ◽

Divided Government ◽

Political Strategy ◽

Middle Ground ◽

New Politics ◽

Income Inequalities

AbstractThe 2000 presidential election of opposition candidate Vicente Fox signaled an end to seven decades of Mexico's single-party regime and seemed to herald the advent of truly competitive politics. But by 2003, economic reform had largely stalled, and Fox's party suffered a historically unprecedented midterm loss in the congress. This article analyzes the underpinnings of policy gridlock in the Fox administration. Fox inherited the need for microeconomic restructuring and increased competitiveness, more innovative and pragmatic state policies, the need to pay attention to the country's sharp income inequalities, and the challenge of crafting a political strategy that could build a middle ground and foster policy consensus. With his party's minority standing in the congress, Fox was constrained from the start by divided government. But more effective statecraft and coalition building would have helped. These will be essential elements for the success of any post-Fox regime.

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Increasing income-based inequality in suicide mortality among working-age women and men, Sweden, 1990–2007: is there a point of trend change?

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ◽

10.1136/jech-2018-210696 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 72 (11) ◽

pp. 1009-1015 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ayako Hiyoshi ◽

Naoki Kondo ◽

Mikael Rostila

Keyword(s):

Working Conditions ◽

Job Insecurity ◽

Temporal Trends ◽

Economic Recession ◽

Suicide Mortality ◽

Income Inequalities ◽

Working Age ◽

National Register Data ◽

Generous Welfare

BackgroundIncome inequalities have risen from the 1990s to 2000s, following the economic recession in 1994, but little research has investigated socioeconomic inequalities in suicide mortality for working-age men and women (aged between 30 and 64 years) over the time using longitudinal data in Sweden.MethodsUsing Swedish national register data between 1990 and 2007 as a series of repeated cohort studies with a 3-year follow-up (sample sizes were approximately 3.7 to 4.0 million in each year), relative and slope indices of inequality (RII and SII respectively) based on quintiles of individual disposable income were calculated and tested for temporal trends.ResultsSII for the risk of suicide mortality ranged from 27.6 (95% CI 19.5 to 35.8) to 44.5 (36.3 to 52.6) in men and 5.2 (0.2 to 10.4) to 16.6 (10.7 to 22.4) in women (per 100 000 population). In men, temporal trends in suicide inequalities were stable in SII but increasing in RII by 3% each year (p=0.002). In women, inequalities tended to increase in both RII and SII, especially after the late-1990s, with 10% increment in RII per year (p<0.001).ConclusionsDespite universal social security and generous welfare provision, income inequalities in suicide were considerable and have widened, especially in women. The steeper rise in women may be partially related to higher job insecurity and poorer working conditions in the female dominated public sector after the recession. To reduce health consequences following an economic crisis and widened income inequalities, additional measures may be necessary in proportion to the levels of financial vulnerability.

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More income inequalities means more HIV-AIDS An advocacy for Gini coefficients beside 0.3

Médecine et Santé Tropicales ◽

10.1684/mst.2015.0437 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 118-121

Author(s):

B. Livinec ◽

S. Kaboré

Keyword(s):

Gini Coefficients ◽

Income Inequalities ◽

Hiv Aids

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Teaching Inequalities

Teaching Sociology ◽

10.1177/0092055x16644658 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 200-211 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Liz Grauerholz ◽

Marc Settembrino

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Assessment ◽

Social Inequalities ◽

Structural Barriers ◽

Abstract Concepts ◽

Assessment Data ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Visual Component ◽

Marginalized Groups ◽

Income Inequalities

In this article, we describe an adaptation of Nichols, Berry, and Kalogrides’s “Hop on the Bus” exercise. In addition to riding the bus, we incorporated a visual component similar to that developed by Whitley by having students conduct a sociological, photographic exercise after they disembarked. Qualitative and quantitative assessment data show that taken together, these exercises enhance students’ awareness and sociological understanding of social inequalities, especially income inequalities. Specifically, the activities make abstract concepts real to students, make more obvious inequalities that often go unnoticed, help students better understand how structural barriers affect individuals’ daily lives and contribute to broader social inequalities, and to some degree, dispel stereotypes of marginalized groups.

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