High inequality may imply a large concentration of people either at the top or at the bottom of the distribution, thereby hollowing out the middle-income group. This can create social tension in society that may result in political instability and social conflicts.NanakKakwani...
Income inequality and how to address it is a topic that has gained significant attention in recent years due to the negative impacts it has on individuals and society as a whole. 如何改善收入不平等问题是一个备受关注的话题,近年来因其对个人和整个社会的负面影响而备受关注。 Income inequality refers...
That inequality matters is gaining ground in development affairs. Reducing income disparities across the population is on top of the agenda of many governments today. High inequality may imply a large concentration of people either at the top or at the bottom of the distribution, thereby hollowing ...
Income inequality refers to how unevenly income is distributed throughout a population. The less equal the distribution, the greater the income inequality. Income inequality is often accompanied bywealthinequality, which is the uneven distribution of wealth. Populations can be divided up in different w...
Inequality in Income Today, when you type“Inequality in income”into a Google search box and hit Enter, there are a lot of items about it on the computer’s screen. The fact is that it’s a common problem. It is a huge problem, leading to tragedy, a form of murder in many cases...
One important argument on this epidemic is that executive compensation and financial-sector pay have driven the income inequality. In this paper, I create a simple metric to calculate the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio, called the “Pay Ratio”, and examine its relation to the firm performance...
High inequality may imply a large concentration of people either at the top or at the bottom of the distribution, thereby hollowing out the middle-income group. This can create social tension in society that may result in political instability and social conflicts....
The study of income inequality and income mobility has been central to understanding post-apartheid South Africa's development. This paper uses the first two waves of the National Income Dynamics Study to analyse income mobility using longitudinal data, and is the first to do so at a nationally...
Through verifying the Kuznets curve with the case of China, the paper warns that the continuing inequality in income may cause serious social, political problems and hurt China's economic development if the government couldn't take effective actions on reducing the disparity. 展开 关键词:...
Evidence has been accumulated about the adverse effects of income inequality on individual health in industrial nations, but we know less about its effect in small-scale, pre-industrial rural societies. Income inequality should have modest effects on individual health. First, norms of sharing and re...