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Inequality Around the World

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Richard B. Freeman

    1. Harvard University, USA

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Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Richard B. Freeman
      Pages 1-1

  4. Less Advanced Countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Markets, Human Capital and Inequality: Evidence from Rural China

      • Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt, Paul Glewwe, Guo Li
      Pages 87-127

    3. Inequality in Latin America during the 1990s

      • Miguel Székely, Marianne Hilgert
      Pages 128-161

    4. Inequality and Mortality during Russia’s Economic Transition

      • Elizabeth Brainerd
      Pages 162-187

    5. The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wage Inequality and Employment in the Formal and Informal Sector in Costa Rica

      • Fatma El-Hamidi, Katherine Terrell
      Pages 188-203

  5. Understanding Micro-Behaviour and the Broad Economy of Inequality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. The Economics of Reciprocity: Evidence and Theory

      • Armin Falk, Urs Fischbacher
      Pages 207-233

    3. Globalization and Redistribution: Feasible Egalitarianism in a Competitive World

      • Samuel Bowles
      Pages 234-267

    4. Distributed Information and the Role of the State in the Economy

      • Kenneth J. Arrow
      Pages 268-281
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One of the most troubling developments of the past two decades has been the dramatic rise in inequality among nations and within nations. This book examines the nature of this development in a variety of countries and contexts - China, Russia, Australia, Latin America, Italy - where the rise of inequality has not been studied as intensively as the US or UK. It also presents analyses of some potential causes and consequences of the rise in inequality.

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  • Harvard University, USA

    Richard B. Freeman

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KENNETH J. ARROW Stanford University, USA DWAYNE BENJAMIN University of Toronto, Canada SAMUEL BOWLES University of Massachusetts, USA ELIZABETH BRAINERD Williams College, Massachusetts, and Harvard University, USA LOREN BRANDT University of Toronto, Canada FATMA EL-HAMIDI University of Pittsburgh, USA ARMIN FALK University of Zurich, Switzerland URS FISCHBACHER University of Zurich, Switzerland PAUL GLEWWE University of Minnesota, USA ROBERT G. GREGORY Australian National University, Australia MARIANNE HILGERT Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, USA GUO LI The World Bank, Washington DC, USA MARCO MANACORDA London School of Economics, and Queen Mary College, University of London, UK REMCO H.OOSTENDORP Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands MIGUEL SZÉKELY Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, USA KATHERINE TERRELL University of Michigan, USA.

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