Growing Income Inequalities—Economic Analyses

This book provides an up-to-date survey of existing economic literature on the dimensions of growing income inequalities in both advanced and emerging countries. The different explanations and dimensions of inequalities are addressed, particularly globalization, technical progress, in-work poverty, changes in labor market institutions, education and intergenerational mobility, growth and development. The nine chapters provide simplified models exploring each of these elements, and assess commonly accepted explanations and mechanisms.

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