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How Much Should We Care About Changing Income Inequality in the Course of Economic Growth?

dc.contributor.authorFields, Gary S.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-17T17:22:30Z
dc.date.available2020-11-17T17:22:30Z
dc.date.issued2007-03-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper asks how much we should care about changes in Lorenz curves and standard inequality measures when economic growth takes place. I conclude that these changes are of some importance but that other aspects of inequality and poverty are more important.
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dc.identifier.other354842
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/75641
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2007.05.007
dc.rightsRequired Publisher Statement: Copyright by Elsevier. Final version published as Fields, G. (2007). How much should we care about changing income inequality in the course of economic growth? Journal of Policy Modeling, 29, 577-585. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectInequality
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectpro-poor growth
dc.titleHow Much Should We Care About Changing Income Inequality in the Course of Economic Growth?
dc.typearticle
local.authorAffiliationFields, Gary S.: gsf2@cornell.edu Cornell University

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