Growth with Inequality:An International Comparison on Income Distribution

Edited by Jinjun Xue

in World Scientific Books from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: 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 Jasmine Revolution across parts of North Africa and the Arab Spring are illustrative of what can happen under certain circumstances.

Keywords: Income Distribution; Globalization and Liberation; Unequal Distribution; Income Disparity; Emerging Economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9789814401685
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN CHINA , pp 3-20

Jinjun Xue

Ch 2 GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN HONG KONG , pp 21-51

Shaoguang Wang and Yin Xia

Ch 3 GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES , pp 53-78

Edward Nathan Wolff, Ajit Zacharias and Thomas Masterson

Ch 4 GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN INDIA , pp 79-109

Vamsi Vakulabharanam

Ch 5 GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN GERMANY: A COMPARISON OF GERMANY AND CHINA , pp 111-120

Stefan Gravemeyer and Thomas Gries

Ch 6 GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN KOREA , pp 121-137

Kang-Kook Lee

Ch 7 GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN THE UK: ISSUES AND APPROACHES AT THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL , pp 139-159

Stephen Day

Ch 8 GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN INDONESIA: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POOR HOUSEHOLDS AND PROBABILITY OF SELECTING NON-AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT IN JAVA , pp 161-180

Susumu Hondai

Ch 9 GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN THAILAND , pp 181-189

Nobuki Sugita

Ch 10 GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN SINGAPORE , pp 191-206

Kong Weng Ho

Ch 11 GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN JAPAN: A STUDY BASED ON THE FAMILY BUDGET SURVEY , pp 207-227

Fumio Makino

Ch 12 INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME DISPARITY , pp 231-254

Yang Du and Jinjun Xue

Ch 13 EDUCATIONAL DISPARITY AND INCOME DISPARITY , pp 255-276

Jinjun Xue

Ch 14 HOUSING INEQUALITY AND UNDERLYING FACTORS IN URBAN CHINA: A STUDY BASED ON PANEL DATA OF THE NBS SURVEY (2004–2007) , pp 277-295

Erbiao Dai and Jinjun Xue

Ch 15 AGRICULTURE PROFITABILITY AND INCOME DISPARITY: A CASE STUDY ON THE MARKET LABOR SUPPLY OF HOUSEHOLD HEAD AND FARM EFFICIENCY IN RURAL CHINA , pp 297-311

Tadashi Sonoda

Ch 16 LABOR MIGRATION AND INCOME INEQUALITY: HAS LABOR MIGRATION REALLY NOT NARROWED THE RURAL–URBAN INCOME GAP? , pp 313-331

Fang Cai and Meiyan Wang

Ch 17 INCOME INEQUALITY, LABOR MIGRATION AND THE LEWIS TURNING POINT: A COMPARISON OF JAPAN AND CHINA , pp 333-346

Ryoshin Minami and Xin Xin Ma

Ch 18 TRADE-OFFS AND COMPLEMENTARITIES BETWEEN GROWTH AND INEQUALITY IN OECD COUNTRIES , pp 347-377

Peter Hoeller, Isabelle Joumard and Isabell Koske

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