Distribution And Development

Author : Gary S. Fields
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262561530

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Distribution and Development by Gary S. Fields Pdf

Most of the world's people live in "developing" economies, as do most of the world's poor. The predominant means of economic development is economic growth. In this book Gary Fields asks to what extent and in what circumstances economic growth improves the material standard of living of a country's people. Most development economists agree that economic growth raises the incomes of people in all parts of the income distribution and lowers the poverty rate. At the same time, some groups lose out because of changes accompanying economic growth. Fields examines these beliefs, asking what variables should be measured to determine whether progress is being made and what policies and circumstances cause some countries to do better than others. He also shows how the same data can be interpreted to reach different, even conflicting, conclusions. Using both theoretical and empirical approaches, Fields defines and examines inequality, poverty, income mobility, and economic well-being. Finally, he considers various policies for broad-based growth. Copublished with the Russell Sage Foundation.

Author : Gary S. Fields
Publisher : Mit Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262062151

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Distribution and Development by Gary S. Fields Pdf

An examination of the extent to which economic growth improves the material standard of living of a country's people.

Author : Duncan K. Foley,Thomas R. Michl,Daniele Tavani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9780674986428

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Growth and Distribution by Duncan K. Foley,Thomas R. Michl,Daniele Tavani Pdf

Authors Foley, Michl, and Tavani offer a major revision of an established textbook on the theory, measurement, and history of economic growth, with new material on climate change, corporate capitalism, and innovation.

Author : Amitava Krishna Dutt
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1990-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521381770

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Growth, Distribution and Uneven Development by Amitava Krishna Dutt Pdf

This book presents an international study of economic growth and income distribution, with a focus on North-South differences. The text discusses the topic from a purely theoretical perspective, comparing the relations between economies by using formal mathematical models. Four well-known approaches are discussed: neoclassical, neo-Marxian, neo-Keynesian and Kalecki-Steindl. Models are developed to highlight and contrast the basic features of these approaches. Subsequent chapters systematically introduce inflation, technological change, sectoral issues, and international trade, building upon these simple one-sector models. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in areas such as developmental economics, growth, trade and political economy.

Author : Nico Heerink
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783642785719

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Population Growth, Income Distribution, and Economic Development by Nico Heerink Pdf

In this book, a model of long-term interrelationships between income distribution, population growth and economic development is developed and estimated from data for 54 countries. The results indicate that a reduction of income inequality leads to lower fertility and mortality, to improvedbasic needs satisfaction, and to lower labour force participation of young and old males and of females in Asia and Africa. The effect of income distribution on saving and consumption is found to be negligible. These outcomes suggest that family planning and health policies in LDCs will show better results when they are supplemented with policies aimed at makingthe poor benefit from economic growth. As regards development policy, the results indicate that a reduction of income inequality does not impair the formation of physical capital, but enhances the formation of human capital and lowers the growth rate of the labour force.

Author : Gary S. Fields
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262561532

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Distribution and Development by Gary S. Fields Pdf

Most of the world's people live in "developing" economies, as do most of the world's poor. The predominant means of economic development is economic growth. In this book Gary Fields asks to what extent and in what circumstances economic growth improves the material standard of living of a country's people. Most development economists agree that economic growth raises the incomes of people in all parts of the income distribution and lowers the poverty rate. At the same time, some groups lose out because of changes accompanying economic growth. Fields examines these beliefs, asking what variables should be measured to determine whether progress is being made and what policies and circumstances cause some countries to do better than others. He also shows how the same data can be interpreted to reach different, even conflicting, conclusions. Using both theoretical and empirical approaches, Fields defines and examines inequality, poverty, income mobility, and economic well-being. Finally, he considers various policies for broad-based growth. Copublished with the Russell Sage Foundation.

Author : Neri Salvadori
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781008213

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Economic Growth and Distribution by Neri Salvadori Pdf

Economic Growth and Distribution isolates and compares the logical structures and methodological underpinnings underlying the relationship between economic growth and distribution. It carries out an in-depth analysis of a wide range of issues connected with growth theory considered from different theoretical perspectives. Its uniqueness is derived from the original contributions by a number of scholars of different persuasions; some within the mainstream and others from Keynesian-Kaleckian-Sraffian positions. The book deals with a wide variety of research topics concerning economic growth and distribution, such as the transition from the epoch of Malthusian stagnation to the contemporary era of modern economic growth; comparisons among the classical tradition, modern theory, and heterodox models; problems of policy; dynamics and business cycles; the role on institutions.

Author : Simon Kuznets
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521521963

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Economic Development, the Family, and Income Distribution by Simon Kuznets Pdf

This collection features essays on 'modern economic growth' and the interrelations between demographic change and income inequality.

Author : Andy Sumner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192594464

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Deindustrialization, Distribution, and Development by Andy Sumner Pdf

The term rust belt has rarely been associated with developing countries. In fact, it is commonly used to discuss deindustrialization in advanced nations, particularly the US. However, this book argues that such a belt is now threatening the middle-income developing world, spreading across Brazil and other countries in Latin America, running down across South Africa, and then upwards to Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines in South East Asia. Deindustrialization, Distribution, and Development: Structural Change in the Global South explores the emergent processes of stalled industrialization and the spectre of deindustrialization in these developing countries. Building upon the author's previous work on economic development, structural change, and income inequality, this book examines the causes and consequences of these new issues, focusing on inequality both between and within countries since the Cold War. Providing a comparative, in-depth analysis of the varieties of contemporary structural change in the Global South and challenging many long-standing myths, this work explains why late development remains a crucial concept in understanding contemporary development and explores what deindustrialization means for the future of global development.

Author : Eckhard Hein
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783477296

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Distribution and Growth after Keynes by Eckhard Hein Pdf

In the first part of the book, Eckhard Hein presents a comprehensive overview of the main approaches towards distribution and growth including the contributions of Harrod and Domar, old and new neoclassical theories including the fundamental capital co

Author : William Loehr,John P. Powelson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015014328101

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The Economics of Development and Distribution by William Loehr,John P. Powelson Pdf

Author : Kaushik Basu,Eric Verhoogen,Sudipto Mundle,Maitreesh Ghatak,Kenneth Kletzer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0190130059

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Development, Distribution, and Markets by Kaushik Basu,Eric Verhoogen,Sudipto Mundle,Maitreesh Ghatak,Kenneth Kletzer Pdf

This volume is a testament to the breadth and policy relevance of development economics today. It grapples with questions on how to design anti-poverty policies and under what conditions we can expect them to be successful. It concentrates on programmes and policies for India and covers international experience with cash transfer programmes. The work in this area applies core theoretical insights to policy discussions surrounding poverty measurement, income inequality, rural unemployment, and compares alternative growth strategies in terms of their impact on poverty and inequality. The book closes with chapters that trespass the boundaries of economics and enter the territory of politics, to engage urgent concerns of the day that are the basis of much dispute and debate. The essays are collected under three broad themes-anti-poverty policies; land, labour, and financial markets; and political economy.

Author : Wang Dihai
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000545975

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Economic Growth and Income Distribution in the Development of China’s Dual Economy by Wang Dihai Pdf

Since the start of the process of economic reform in 1978, China has maintained the structure of a dual economy, with concurrent development of the agricultural and industrial sectors. This book explores the key issues of China's economic growth and income distribution in this context. Pivoting on analysis of China's real GDP and growth rate, the first part of the book analyzes the evolution of economic growth and characteristics of economic structural changes across a period of forty years, scrutinizing the different determinants that contribute to growth. Then, chapters in the second part of the volume study the relationship between China's economic growth and economic development, elucidating the mechanism of interaction between the former and key factors of the latter, including investment, housing, education, and healthcare. The final chapters center on the development and current landscape of income distribution, providing explanation for sharpening income inequalities and advancing suggestions and feasible solutions to the problem of income gap. This book is targeted at scholars, students, and policymakers interested in China's economy, income distribution, and economic growth.

Author : William Loehr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429726620

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Economic Development, Poverty, And Income Distribution by William Loehr Pdf

The increasing inequality and poverty that seem inevitably to accompany economic growth in developing countries have become more and more evident in recent years. The search for development paths that lead to growth with equality—all too difficult to find—is now an area of central concern for development economists. One result of their concern is this volume, in which internationally known representatives of a range of disciplines address themselves to ways in which growth with equity might be successfully achieved. The book begins with both empirical and theoretical background to the development issues involved, and with an overview of the experience of the international development assistance community. focuses on operational definitions of the poor that will permit analytical, policy-oriented research to lead to useful conclusions. Specific concern is expressed for small-business owners, women, peasants, and recent migrants from rural to urban areas. The basic question, of course, is what can be done about poverty and inequality. includes suggestions for specific measures and provides a comprehensive comparison across a wide range of policy options. The book does not solve the problem, but it does point to directions that promise a reasonably high probability of success. And throughout, suggestions are made for the kind of interdisciplinary research required to raise that probability even further.

Author : Andy Sumner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191008566

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Global Poverty by Andy Sumner Pdf

Why are some people poor? Why does absolute poverty persist despite substantial economic growth? What types of late economic development or 'catch-up' capitalism are associated with different poverty outcomes? Global Poverty addresses these apparently simple questions and the extent to which the answers may be shifting. One might expect global poverty to be focused in the world's poorest countries, usually defined as low-income countries, or least developed countries, or 'fragile states'. However, most of the world's absolute poor by monetary or multi-dimensional poverty - up to a billion people - live in growing and largely stable middle-income countries. At the same time, poverty has not fallen as much as the substantial economic growth would warrant. As a consequence, and as domestic resources have grown, much of global poverty has become less about a lack of domestic resources and more about questions of national inequality, social policy and welfare regimes, and patterns of economic development pursued.