Inequality and Economic Integration

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series Title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Figures......Page 9
Tables......Page 12
Contributors......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Part I  Inequality in an historical perspective......Page 22
1 Globalization, income distribution and history......Page 24
Part II  Income inequality......Page 48
2 From earnings dispersion to income inequality......Page 50
3 Social mobility*......Page 80
4 The size of redistribution in OECD countries......Page 96
Part III  Globalization and well-being......Page 119
5 Global health1......Page 121
6 Economic integration and cross-country convergence......Page 149
7 Cultural diversity, European integration and the Welfare State......Page 192
8 The welfare state, redistribution and the economy......Page 206
Part IV  Multidimensional inequality......Page 235
9  Social welfare, priority to the worst-off and the dimensions of individual well-being......Page 237
10  Three approaches to the analysis of multidimensional inequality......Page 279
11  Multidimensional egalitarianism and the dominance approach......Page 293
12 The normative approach to the measurement of multidimensional inequality......Page 311
Index......Page 337