What Drives Inequality? - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1789733782 ISBN 13 : 9781789733785

Editeur : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019

Synopsis

There is a great deal of coverage on inequality, and the key determinants of recent trends are increasingly well-documented. However, much less is known about the driving forces behind international differences in inequality.

The nine contributions collected in this book set out to examine the fundamental question of What Drives Inequality? These drivers may be so diverse and deep-rooted in the cultural, historical, or geographical characteristics of countries that one can hardly expect comprehensive models or clear-cut causal inference. Nevertheless, the research presented in this book unpacks the reasons behind the wide variations in inequality.

Looking across country boundaries, chapters featured include in-depth insights into inequality in Europe, India, and the United States. It provides new results on the impact of public goods and services and on the role of demographic, labor market and, most importantly, fiscal policy determinants. It also brings fresh evidence and perspectives on the measurement of inequality, by examining wealth or broader measures of well-being, and provides some insights about potential "deeper drivers" such as individual perceptions, preferences, and beliefs about inequality and redistribution.

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À propos des auteurs

Koen Decancq is Associate Research Professor at the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy at the University of Antwerp. His research interests are the measurement of (multidimensional) inequality, poverty and well-being with a special focus on the incorporation of individual preferences and the role of social policies.

Philippe van Kerm is Professor of Social Inequality and Social Policy at the University of Luxembourg on a joint appointment with the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research. His research interests are in applied micro-econometrics, welfare and labour with particular reference to poverty and income distribution dynamics, wealth inequality, social mobility, wage, tax, social protection, and social policy.

Koen Decancq is Associate Research Professor at the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy at the University of Antwerp. His research interests are the measurement of (multidimensional) inequality, poverty and well-being with a special focus on the incorporation of individual preferences and the role of social policies.Â

Philippe van Kerm is Professor of Social Inequality and Social Policy at the University of Luxembourg on a joint appointment with the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research. His research interests are in applied micro-econometrics, welfare and labour with particular reference to poverty and income distribution dynamics, wealth inequality, social mobility, wage, tax, social protection, and social policy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1789733782
• ISBN 13: 9781789733785
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 153
• Éditeur: Decancq Koen, Van Kerm Philippe
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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