Decancq, KoenVan Kerm, Philippe
Emerald Group Publishing Limited (Bingley, UK, 2019) (eng) English9781789733778Research on economic inequalityUnknownINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS; Emerald Busines Management and Economics Ebooks 2019; 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 "e;deeper drivers"e; such as individual perceptions, preferences, and beliefs about inequality and redistribution.
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Prelims
Chapter 1: Regional Income Distribution in the European Union: A Parametric Approach
Chapter 2: Vertical and Horizontal Redistribution: Evidence from Europe
Chapter 3: Sources of German Income Inequality Across Time and Space
Chapter 4: Understanding Differences in Household Expenditure Inequality Between India and Indonesia
Chapter 5: Accounting for Public Services in Distributive Analysis
Chapter 6: Income and Wealth Above the Median: New Measurements and Results for Europe and the United States
Chapter 7: Decomposing the Difference Between Well-Being Inequality and Income Inequality: Method and Application
Chapter 8: Never Too Rich to Be middle-class: An Assessment of the Reference-group Theory and Implications for Redistributive Taxation
Chapter 9: Beliefs About the Role of Effort and Luck During the Great Recession in Spain