Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate

Differing value judgments in measuring inequality underlie the conflicting factual claims about how much poor people have shared in the economic gains from globalization. Opponents in the debate differ in the extent to which they care about relativ...

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Main Author:	Ravallion, Martin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	INEQUALITY POVERTY MITIGATION POVERTY ISSUES GLOBALIZATION VALUE JUDGMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH GROWTH THEORY ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGGREGATE GROWTH AGGREGATE INEQUALITY AVERAGE INCOME COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DATA SET DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL WORK EQUAL WEIGHT GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROUP INEQUALITY GROWTH EMPIRICS GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH-PROMOTING POLICY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME RISK INCOMES INCREASED INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY SERIES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIVING STANDARDS MEAN INCOME MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEASURING INEQUALITY NATIONAL INCOME NEGATIVE CORRELATION PARLIAMENT POLICY CHANGE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY REFORM POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL STABILITY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR COUNTRY POOR PEOPLE POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POWER PARITY PRICE CHANGES PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL INCOME REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE POVERTY RELATIVE PRICES RISING INEQUALITY SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL CONFLICTS SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS TARGETED TRANSFERS TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TAXATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4073361/competing-concepts-inequality-globalization-debate http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14115

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spelling	okr-10986-141152021-04-23T14:03:20Z Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate Ravallion, Martin INEQUALITY POVERTY MITIGATION POVERTY ISSUES GLOBALIZATION VALUE JUDGMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH GROWTH THEORY ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGGREGATE GROWTH AGGREGATE INEQUALITY AVERAGE INCOME COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DATA SET DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL WORK EQUAL WEIGHT GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROUP INEQUALITY GROWTH EMPIRICS GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH-PROMOTING POLICY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME RISK INCOMES INCREASED INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY SERIES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIVING STANDARDS MEAN INCOME MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEASURING INEQUALITY NATIONAL INCOME NEGATIVE CORRELATION PARLIAMENT POLICY CHANGE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY REFORM POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL STABILITY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR COUNTRY POOR PEOPLE POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POWER PARITY PRICE CHANGES PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL INCOME REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE POVERTY RELATIVE PRICES RISING INEQUALITY SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL CONFLICTS SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS TARGETED TRANSFERS TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TAXATION Differing value judgments in measuring inequality underlie the conflicting factual claims about how much poor people have shared in the economic gains from globalization. Opponents in the debate differ in the extent to which they care about relative inequality versus absolute inequality, vertical inequalities versus horizontal inequalities, and whether they are consistently individualistic in assessing the extent of inequality. The value judgments on these issues made by both sides need greater scrutiny if the globalization debate is to move forward. 2013-06-21T16:47:48Z 2013-06-21T16:47:48Z 2004-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4073361/competing-concepts-inequality-globalization-debate http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14115 English en_US Policy, Research working paper;no. WPS 3243 Policy Research Working Paper;No.3243 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research China
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topic	INEQUALITY POVERTY MITIGATION POVERTY ISSUES GLOBALIZATION VALUE JUDGMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH GROWTH THEORY ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGGREGATE GROWTH AGGREGATE INEQUALITY AVERAGE INCOME COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DATA SET DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL WORK EQUAL WEIGHT GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROUP INEQUALITY GROWTH EMPIRICS GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH-PROMOTING POLICY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME RISK INCOMES INCREASED INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY SERIES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIVING STANDARDS MEAN INCOME MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEASURING INEQUALITY NATIONAL INCOME NEGATIVE CORRELATION PARLIAMENT POLICY CHANGE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY REFORM POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL STABILITY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR COUNTRY POOR PEOPLE POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POWER PARITY PRICE CHANGES PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL INCOME REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE POVERTY RELATIVE PRICES RISING INEQUALITY SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL CONFLICTS SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS TARGETED TRANSFERS TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TAXATION
spellingShingle	INEQUALITY POVERTY MITIGATION POVERTY ISSUES GLOBALIZATION VALUE JUDGMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH GROWTH THEORY ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGGREGATE GROWTH AGGREGATE INEQUALITY AVERAGE INCOME COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DATA SET DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL WORK EQUAL WEIGHT GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROUP INEQUALITY GROWTH EMPIRICS GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH-PROMOTING POLICY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME RISK INCOMES INCREASED INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY SERIES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIVING STANDARDS MEAN INCOME MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEASURING INEQUALITY NATIONAL INCOME NEGATIVE CORRELATION PARLIAMENT POLICY CHANGE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY REFORM POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL STABILITY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR COUNTRY POOR PEOPLE POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POWER PARITY PRICE CHANGES PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL INCOME REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE POVERTY RELATIVE PRICES RISING INEQUALITY SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL CONFLICTS SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS TARGETED TRANSFERS TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TAXATION Ravallion, Martin Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
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relation	Policy, Research working paper;no. WPS 3243
description	Differing value judgments in measuring inequality underlie the conflicting factual claims about how much poor people have shared in the economic gains from globalization. Opponents in the debate differ in the extent to which they care about relative inequality versus absolute inequality, vertical inequalities versus horizontal inequalities, and whether they are consistently individualistic in assessing the extent of inequality. The value judgments on these issues made by both sides need greater scrutiny if the globalization debate is to move forward.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Ravallion, Martin
author_facet	Ravallion, Martin
author_sort	Ravallion, Martin
title	Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
title_short	Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
title_full	Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
title_fullStr	Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
title_full_unstemmed	Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
title_sort	competing concepts of inequality in the globalization debate
publisher	World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4073361/competing-concepts-inequality-globalization-debate http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14115
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Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate

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