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Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality

Author : Maarten van Ham

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 520 pages

File Size : 28,36 MB

Release : 2021-03-29

Category : Science

ISBN : 303064569X

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This open access book investigates the link between income inequality and socio-economic residential segregation in 24 large urban regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. It offers a unique global overview of segregation trends based on case studies by local author teams. The book shows important global trends in segregation, and proposes a Global Segregation Thesis. Rising inequalities lead to rising levels of socio-economic segregation almost everywhere in the world. Levels of inequality and segregation are higher in cities in lower income countries, but the growth in inequality and segregation is faster in cities in high-income countries. This is causing convergence of segregation trends. Professionalisation of the workforce is leading to changing residential patterns. High-income workers are moving to city centres or to attractive coastal areas and gated communities, while poverty is increasingly suburbanising. As a result, the urban geography of inequality changes faster and is more pronounced than changes in segregation levels. Rising levels of inequality and segregation pose huge challenges for the future social sustainability of cities, as cities are no longer places of opportunities for all.





Evolution of Earnings and Rates of Returns to Education in Mexico

Author : Gladys Lopez Acevedo

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 67 pages

File Size : 15,29 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Cambio tecnico - Mexico

ISBN :

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Inequality in education accounts for a large share of the inequality in earnings in Mexico. But the increase in earnings inequality does not appear to reflect a worsening in the distribution of education. The cause instead appears to be skill-biased technological change facilitated by increased economic openness.



Falling Inequality in Latin America

Author : Giovanni Andrea Cornia

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA

Page : 402 pages

File Size : 22,82 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0198701802

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This volume documents and explains the reduction of income inequality that has taken place in the majority of Latin American countries over the last decade.



Income Inequality and Government Transfers in Mexico

Author : Frederic Lambert

Publisher : International Monetary Fund

Page : 24 pages

File Size : 36,90 MB

Release : 2019-07-11

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1498326382

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We analyze microdata from Mexico's survey on household income and expenditures (ENIGH) to study the evolution of income inequality in Mexico over 2004-16, identify its sources, and investigate how it was affected by government social policy. We find evidence of only a small decline in inequality over this period. The observed decline may be attributed to government transfers, notably targeted cash transfers (Prospera) and non-contributory pensions. In 2016, those two programs accounted for more than two thirds of the reduction in the Gini coefficient due to government transfers. Other transfer programs such as farmland subsidies (Proagro), government scholarships, and non-monetary transfers for medical expenditures have not been as effective.



Globalization and Poverty

Author : Ann Harrison

Publisher : University of Chicago Press

Page : 674 pages

File Size : 25,84 MB

Release : 2007-11-01

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0226318001

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Over the past two decades, the percentage of the world’s population living on less than a dollar a day has been cut in half. How much of that improvement is because of—or in spite of—globalization? While anti-globalization activists mount loud critiques and the media report breathlessly on globalization’s perils and promises, economists have largely remained silent, in part because of an entrenched institutional divide between those who study poverty and those who study trade and finance. Globalization and Poverty bridges that gap, bringing together experts on both international trade and poverty to provide a detailed view of the effects of globalization on the poor in developing nations, answering such questions as: Do lower import tariffs improve the lives of the poor? Has increased financial integration led to more or less poverty? How have the poor fared during various currency crises? Does food aid hurt or help the poor? Poverty, the contributors show here, has been used as a popular and convenient catchphrase by parties on both sides of the globalization debate to further their respective arguments. Globalization and Poverty provides the more nuanced understanding necessary to move that debate beyond the slogans.



Income Inequality

Author : Brian Keeley

Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development

Page : 120 pages

File Size : 46,70 MB

Release : 2015-12-21

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ISBN : 9789264246003

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Income inequality is rising. A quarter of a century ago, the average disposable income of the richest 10% in OECD countries was around seven times higher than that of the poorest 10%; today, it's around 9½ times higher. Why does this matter? Many fear this widening gap is hurting individuals, societies and even economies. This book explores income inequality across five main headings. It starts by explaining some key terms in the inequality debate. It then examines recent trends and explains why income inequality varies between countries. Next it looks at why income gaps are growing and, in particular, at the rise of the 1%. It then looks at the consequences, including research that suggests widening inequality could hurt economic growth. Finally, it examines policies for addressing inequality and making economies more inclusive.



The Race between Education and Technology

Author : Claudia Goldin

Publisher : Harvard University Press

Page : 497 pages

File Size : 50,62 MB

Release : 2009-07-01

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0674037731

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This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors propose that the twentieth century was not only the American Century but also the Human Capital Century. That is, the American educational system is what made America the richest nation in the world. Its educational system had always been less elite than that of most European nations. By 1900 the U.S. had begun to educate its masses at the secondary level, not just in the primary schools that had remarkable success in the nineteenth century. The book argues that technological change, education, and inequality have been involved in a kind of race. During the first eight decades of the twentieth century, the increase of educated workers was higher than the demand for them. This had the effect of boosting income for most people and lowering inequality. However, the reverse has been true since about 1980. This educational slowdown was accompanied by rising inequality. The authors discuss the complex reasons for this, and what might be done to ameliorate it.



How Mexico's Financial Crisis Affected Income Distribution

Author : Gladys Lopez Acevedo

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 38 pages

File Size : 40,1 MB

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After Mexico's financial crisis in 1994, the distribution of income and labor earnings improved. But financial income and rising labor earnings in higher-income brackets are growing sources of inequality in Mexico.



Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality

Author : Ms.Era Dabla-Norris

Publisher : International Monetary Fund

Page : 39 pages

File Size : 33,43 MB

Release : 2015-06-15

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1513547437

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This paper analyzes the extent of income inequality from a global perspective, its drivers, and what to do about it. The drivers of inequality vary widely amongst countries, with some common drivers being the skill premium associated with technical change and globalization, weakening protection for labor, and lack of financial inclusion in developing countries. We find that increasing the income share of the poor and the middle class actually increases growth while a rising income share of the top 20 percent results in lower growth—that is, when the rich get richer, benefits do not trickle down. This suggests that policies need to be country specific but should focus on raising the income share of the poor, and ensuring there is no hollowing out of the middle class. To tackle inequality, financial inclusion is imperative in emerging and developing countries while in advanced economies, policies should focus on raising human capital and skills and making tax systems more progressive.