Inequality and economic development: the modern perspectives/ edited by Oded Galor
Material type: TextPublication details: Edward Elgar, Northampton: 2009Description: xxiv, 544 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9781847206763Subject(s): Distributive justice | Economic developmentDDC classification: 338.9Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 338.9 GAL/I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P11707 |
Part I. Inequality and Development: Past and Present --
1. Bringing Income Distribution in from the Cold / A.B. Atkinson --
Part II. The Origins of the Modern Perspective --
2. Income Distribution and Macroeconomics / Oded Galor and Joseph Zeira --
Part III. The Credit Market Imperfection Approach --
3. Occupational Choice and the Process of Development / Abhijit V. Banerjee and Andrew F. Newman --
Part IV. The Political Economy Perspective --
4. Distributive Politics and Economic Growth / Alberto Alesina and Dani Rodrik --
5. Is Inequality Harmful for Growth? / Torsten Persson and Tabellini Guido --
6. Unequal Societies: Income Distribution and the Social Contract / Roland Benabou, --
Part V. A Unified Theory of Inequality and Economic Development --
7. From Physical to Human Capital Accumulation: Inequality and the Process of Development / Oded Galor and Omer Moav --
Part VI. Inequality and Hurdles for Human Capital Accumulation --
8. History Lessons: Institutions, Factor Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World / Kenneth L. Sokoloff and Stanley L. Engerman --
9. Inequality in Landownership, the Emergence of Human- Capital Promoting Institutions, and the Great Divergence / Oded Galor, Omer Moav and Dietrich Vollrath --
Part VII. Inequality and Social and Political Transitions --
10. Why did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality, and Growth in Historical Perspective / Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson --
11. Das Human-Kapital: A Theory of the Demise of the Class Structure / Oded Galor and Omer Moav --
Part VIII. Industrialization, Gender Inequality and Fertility --
12. The Gender Gap, Fertility, and Growth / Oded Galor and David N. Weil --
Part IX. Ethnic Division --
14. Africa / William Easterly and Ross Levine --
Part X. Empirical Findings --
16. Growth, Income Distribution, and Democracy: What the Data Say / Roberto Perotti --
17. Inequality and Growth: What Can the Data Say? / Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo --
18. Inequality Does Cause Underdevelopment: Insights from a New Instrument / William Easterly.
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