Inequality and economic development: the modern perspectives/
edited by Oded Galor
- Edward Elgar, Northampton: 2009.
- xxiv, 544 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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.