Growing Income Inequalities

Economic Analyses
Herausgegeben:Hellier, J.; Chusseau, N.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the widening gap between the wage packets of skilled and unskilled workers that has become a pressing issue for all states in the globalized world economy. Comparing the experiences of more and less developed economies, chapters analyse the underlying causes and key social changes that accompany income inequality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-33811-5
• 1st ed. 2013
• Seitenzahl: 325
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9781349338115
• ISBN-10: 1349338117
• Artikelnr.: 45074932

Autorenporträt

JÖEL HELLIER is Professor of Economics at both the University of Nantes and the University of Lille 1, France. His research centres on the economic analysis of inequality in relation to globalization and intergenerational skill mobility, particularly from a theoretical point of view. NATHALIE CHUSSEAU is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Lille 1, France. Her research centres on the economic analysis of inequality and unemployment in relation to labour market institutions and social policies within globalized economies.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: WHERE DO WE STAND? WHY IS IT SO? Growing Income Inequalities in Advanced Countries; N.Chusseau & M.Dumont Inequality in Emerging Countries; N.Chusseau & J.Hellier The Working Poor; E.Kalugina PART II: GLOBALIZATION, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND INEQUALITY The North-South HOS Model, Inequality and Globalization; J.Hellier Is There A Tradeoff Between Wage Inequality and Unemployment? M.Dumont PART III: INEQUALITY, INSTITUTIONS AND LABOUR MARKETS Growing Inequalities, Globalization and Trade Unions; G.Rayp Efficiency Wages and Inequality; W.Meeusen & V.Stavrevska PART IV: INEQUALITY, EDUCATION AND GROWTH Education, Intergenerational Mobility and Inequality; N.Chusseau & J.Hellier Inequality, Growth and Welfare: The Main Links; J.Hellier & S.Lambrecht