Economic Inequality and Its Socioeconomic Impact

By E. Thorbecke, Chutatong Charumilind. 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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The Trouble with the MDGS: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success (2007, background): “Across countries, there is no significant relationship between public health spending per capita and under five mortality once income is controlled for (World Bank 2004b, see also Hanmer and White 1999; Thorbecke and Charumilind 2002).”
Why Are We Worried About Income? Nearly Everything that Matters is Converging (2005, unknown): “Both Gini and gender inequality also appear to be closely related to mortality and morbidity, even when absolute levels of income have been taken into account (Das Gupta, 1990; Hanmer & White, 1999a, 1999b; Thorbecke & Charumilind, 2002; Waldmann, 1992).”
Channels and Policy Debate in the Globalization-Inequality-Poverty Nexus (2006, methodology): “While a number of studies have been conducted to investigate the globalizationpoverty relationships through cross-country regressions, a deeper insight into this critical nexus cannot be obtained by regression studies alone, as it requires detailed empirical research in a country- and region-specifi”
Education, Equality and Social Cohesion: A distributional approach (2003, background): “…of income inequality in the multiple domains of health, crime and political instability (not to mention the negative economic effects also found in Thorbecke and Charumilind, 2002), it seems highly plausible that social cohesion, which is, in a sense, a portmanteau property of all social effects,…”
Inequality, Democracy, and Institutions: A Critical Review of Recent Research (2010, unknown): “…individuals—who would be otherwise willing to contribute to the formation of national income (Galor & Zeira, 1993)—or it can heighten social conflict and ignite political turmoil (comprehensive reviews of theories and evidence are Thorbecke and Charumilind (2002), and Benabou (1996)).”
Income inequality and solidarity in Europe (2012, background): “Overview articles are provided by Neckerman and Torche (2007) and Thorbecke and Charumilind (2002).”
Inequality and the Demand for Redistribution: Are the Assumptions of the New Growth Theory Valid? (2007, background): “One of its merits is that it has brought back into focus the notion that the distribution of income and assets has a potentially significant impact on growth (for reviews see Aghion et al., 1999; Thorbecke and Charumilind, 2002).”