Status in the World System, Income Inequality, and Economic Growth

1983 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 410-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick D. Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
World System ◽  
The World

Why China Needs to Urgently Address its Rising Income Inequality

2013 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 43-52
Author(s):  
John WONG
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Gini Coefficients ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World

Recently, China published its Gini coefficients for the past 10 years, which all exceeded the warning level of 0.4. China's inequality level is among the highest 10% of countries in the world. In fact, the sources of China's income inequality stemmed from the sources of China's economic growth. Long-term remedy requires fundamental structural changes like removing institutional biases against equality and providing a more equal access to educational and income-earning opportunities.

scholarly journals World-system Studies of the Environment

1997 ◽  
pp. 369-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Bartley ◽  
Albert Bergesen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
World System ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Areas Of Interest

The world-system idea has been used to explain a great deal about national institutional life, from rates of economic growth to changing patterns of schooling. One of the newer areas of interest is the environment. In the following review we examine scholarship that deals with environmental problems from a distinctly world systemic perspective.

scholarly journals Income inequality and religion globally 1970–2050

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 175-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Navarro ◽  
Vegard Skirbekk
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Global Inequality ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Affairs ◽  
Social Upheaval ◽  
Distribution Of Income ◽  
Age And Sex

Economic inequality is a paramount issue for the future of global affairs and interreligious relations. This study contributes to the field by providing the first ever estimates of global inequality by religion. We combine estimations and projections of religious compositions and distribution of income by age and sex across the world between 1970 and 2050. Understanding economic inequality from a religious dimension can contribute to decreasing tension, creating targeted pol-icies and reducing the risks of social upheaval and conflict. We find that in societies with higher proportions of religiously unaffiliated populations, income distribution is more equal than in religious ones. We also describe the inequality of distribution of income within religious groups and find that Christian and Jewish societies tend to be the most unequal, while inequality has risen substantially across all societies, concomitant with strong economic growth. Societies formed of Muslim, Hindu and unaffiliated populations are among the more equal ones. Muslim societies have experienced the highest rise in income inequality of all religions since 1990.

scholarly journals The Effect Of Polity On The Economic Growth And The Income Inequality: Panel Data Methodology

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rıdvan Karacan ◽  
Zişan Kılıçkan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Panel Data Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject

<p></p><p>Despite the fact that the global economy grows, the income inequality increases. The Income Inequality is an important factor which affects the human life negatively both in the financial and the social manner. It has been made lots of investigations whose topic is the economic growth and the income inequality. In this paper, it has been compared the connection between the economic growth and the income inequality in terms of the polity in the countries. Therefore, it has been desired to be brought a different perspective into the literature on the subject of the economic growth and the income inequality. It has been given information about the situation in the world especially aimed at the income inequality. The correlation of “Gini Coefficient” and “Economic Growth” belonging to the democratic countries (USA, United Kingdom and Germany) and the autocratic countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria and Gabon) in terms of their polities has been tested with the Panel Data Methodology. Empirical analysis involves the period of 1995-2015. In the results obtained by making Panel Data Model, it has been ascertained a negative correlation between the Economic Growth and the Income Inequality for the democratic countries. However in the autocratic countries, it has been seen that this correlation is very weak.</p><br><p></p>

scholarly journals Changing Income Inequality in the Second Half of the 20th Century – Preliminary Findings and Propositions for Explanations

2002 ◽  
pp. 100-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Bornschier
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Secular Trend ◽  
World System ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
The World

There exists a rather widespread professional consensus that income inequality both within and between societies in the world system has increased over the last quarter of a century. This, however, does not represent a secular trend since inequality between WWII and the 1970s was rather stable or decreasing. For the increasing inequality both within and between societies since the 1970s we present fresh evidence which helps to settle open questions of previous research. Less consensus has been achieved until now with regard to explanations. Arguing that monocausal explanatory schemes are of little help, the paper suggests eight propositions for an explanation. The evaluation of them is also enriched by diverse pieces of preliminary empirical evidence. The paper also brie?y considers which factors are responsible for a rather transitory increase and those which suggest a lasting higher level of inequality in the world.

scholarly journals Inequality in China – Trends, Drivers and Policy Remedies

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (127) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonali Jain-Chandra ◽  
Niny Khor ◽  
Rui Mano ◽  
Johanna Schauer ◽  
Philippe Wingender ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

China has experienced rapid economic growth over the past two decades and is on the brink of eradicating poverty. However, income inequality increased sharply from the early 1980s and rendered China among the most unequal countries in the world. This trend has started to reverse as China has experienced a modest decline in inequality since 2008. This paper identifies various drivers behind these trends – including structural changes such as urbanization and aging and, more recently, policy initiatives to combat it. It finds that policies will need to play an important role in curbing inequality in the future, as projected structural trends will put further strain on equity considerations. In particular, fiscal policy reforms have the potential to enhance inclusiveness and equity, both on the tax and expenditure side.

IMPACT OF INCOME INEQUALITY AND DEFENCE BURDEN ON ECONOMIC GROWTH

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (03) ◽  
pp. 1250014 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZAINAB IFTIKHAR ◽  
AMANAT ALI
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Endogenous Growth ◽  
Growth Model ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
The World ◽  
Endogenous Growth Model ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Different Parts

This study explores how income inequality and defence burden affects economic growth in different parts of the world. We follow an endogenous growth model that proposes a negative relationship of growth with income inequality and defence burden. The implications of the model are tested using panel data. The results suggest a negative relationship of growth with income inequality and defence burden. A by-product of this analysis is the conclusion regarding convergence. Our study finds no support for convergence across the world.

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