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Growing Income Inequalities

Economic Analyses

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Joël Hellier

    1. University of Nantes, France

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  2. Nathalie Chusseau

    1. University of Lille 1, France

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    1. Introduction and Overview

      • Joël Hellier
      Pages 1-10

  3. Where Do We Stand? Why Is It So?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Growing Income Inequalities in Advanced Countries

      • Nathalie Chusseau, Michel Dumont
      Pages 13-47

    3. Inequality in Emerging Countries

      • Nathalie Chusseau, Joël Hellier
      Pages 48-75

    4. The Working Poor

      • Ekaterina Kalugina
      Pages 76-103

  4. Globalization, Technical Change and Inequality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. The North-South HOS Model, Inequality and Globalization

      • Joël Hellier
      Pages 107-146

    3. Is there a Trade-off between Wage Inequality and Unemployment?

      • Michel Dumont
      Pages 147-171

  5. Inequality, Institutions and the Labour Markets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Growing Inequalities, Globalization and Trade Unions

      • Glenn Rayp
      Pages 175-200

    3. Efficiency Wages and Inequality

      • Wim Meeusen, Vesna Stavrevska
      Pages 201-223

  6. Inequality, Education and Growth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
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    2. Education, Intergenerational Mobility and Inequality

      • Nathalie Chusseau, Joël Hellier, B. Ben-Halima
      Pages 227-273

    3. Inequality, Growth and Welfare: The Main Links

      • Joël Hellier, Stéphane Lambrecht
      Pages 274-311

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 312-325
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About this book

This book explores the widening gap between the wage packets of skilled and unskilled workers that has become a pressing issue for all states in the globalized world economy. Comparing the experiences of more and less developed economies, chapters analyse the underlying causes and key social changes that accompany income inequality.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Nantes, France

    Joël Hellier

  • University of Lille 1, France

    Nathalie Chusseau

About the editors

JÖEL HELLIER is Professor of Economics at both the University of Nantes and the University of Lille 1, France. His research centres on the economic analysis of inequality in relation to globalization and intergenerational skill mobility, particularly from a theoretical point of view.
NATHALIE CHUSSEAU is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Lille 1, France. Her research centres on the economic analysis of inequality and unemployment in relation to labour market institutions and social policies within globalized economies.

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