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Class, Community, Inequality

dc.contributor.authorDasgupta, Indraneel
dc.contributor.authorKanbur, Ravi
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-21T17:11:05Z
dc.date.available2018-08-21T17:11:05Z
dc.date.issued2001-12
dc.descriptionWP 2001-24 December 2001
dc.descriptionJEL Classification Codes: D31; D63; D74; Z13
dc.description.abstractWe investigate how voluntary contributions to community-specific public goods affect (a) the relationship between inequality of incomes and inequality of welfare outcomes, and (b) individuals’ material incentives for supporting income redistribution. We show that the nominal distribution of income could give quite a misleading picture of real inequality and tensions in society, both within and between communities. We also analyze the impact of alternative patterns of income growth on welfare inequality, and show that, somewhat paradoxically, individuals sometimes have incentives for opposing redistribution programs from which they themselves stand to receive income increments. This arises because of the complicating role of public goods, and has strong implications for class and community solidarity.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/58059
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherCharles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
dc.subjectCommunity
dc.subjectPublic goods
dc.subjectInequality
dc.subjectDistribution
dc.subjectPolarization
dc.subjectClass Conflict
dc.subjectEthnic Conflict
dc.titleClass, Community, Inequality
dc.typearticle
dcterms.licensehttp://hdl.handle.net/1813/57595

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