Inequality and economic integration / edited by Francesco Farina and Ernesto Savaglio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farina, Francesco.

Savaglio, Ernesto.

Series:

Routledge Siena studies in political economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Economic aspects--Congresses.

Globalization.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Economic integration--Congresses.

Economic integration.

Income distribution--Congresses.

Income distribution.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Globalization and economic integration have impacted on the quality of life and individual well-being across the world. Attempts to evaluate the impact on income dispersion from this process have been extremely controversial. Inequality and Economic Integration provides the first real attempt to build up a theoretical framework and indices examining the relationships between the recent acceleration in economic integration and inequality among persons and countries. The aim is to enable social and political institutions to monitor increasing disparities in well-being and social exclusion.

The contributions in this volume cover different subfields of economics and examine both the negative and positive spillover effects of economic integration on individuals, social groups and nations. Since the impact of globalization on the most deprived people is multidimensional in nature, the theoretical framework is extended to inequality to a multivariate context where several individual characteristics are simultaneously considered.

Contents:

Part I Inequality in an historical perspective 7

1 Globalization, income distribution and history / Jeffrey G. Williamson 9

Part II Income inequality 33

2 From earnings dispersion to income inequality / Anthony B. Atkinson, Andrea Brandolini 35

3 Social mobility / Daniele Checchi, Valentino Dardanoni 63

4 The size of redistribution in OECD countries: does it influence wage inequality? / Elisabetta Croci Angelini, Francesco Farina 81

Part III Globalization and well-being 105

5 Global health / Simone Borghesi, Alessandro Vercelli 107

6 Economic integration and cross-country convergence: exercises in growth theory and empirics / Jean-Luc Gaffard, Lionello F. Punzo 136

7 Cultural diversity, European integration and the Welfare State / Ugo Pagano 178

8 The welfare state, redistribution and the economy: reciprocal altruism, consumer rivalry and second best / Frederick van der Ploeg 192

Part IV Multidimensional inequality 223

9 Social welfare, priority to the worst-off and the dimensions of individual well-being / Marc Fleurbaey 225

10 Three approaches to the analysis of multidimensional inequality / Ernesto Savaglio 269

11 Multidimensional egalitarianism and the dominance approach: a lost paradise? / Alain Trannoy 284

12 The normative approach to the measurement of multidimensional inequality / John A. Weymark 303.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415342112

OCLC:

56911934

Publisher Number:

9780415342117