Another empirical look at the Kuznets curve

Artikel

This paper examines the functional relationships between income inequality, economic factors, institutions, and Kuznets' inverted-U hypothesis. A model that incorporates interactive as well as direct effects of several factors to capture their combined effect on inequality is developed. The model is estimated using two popular measures of inequalitythe Gini coefficient, and the ratio of income shares in income distributionusing a panel data set for 57 countries from 1987 to 2006. The results provide support for Kuznets' hypothesis; however, the relationship between growth and inequality is conditioned by a host of economic and institutional factors.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research ; ISSN: 1791-3373 ; Volume: 3 ; Year: 2010 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 7-19 ; Kavala: Kavala Institute of Technology

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
• Subject: Kuznets curve ; inequality ; growth ; Gini coefficient ; income shares

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bhandari, Rabindra ; Pradhan, Gyan ; Upadhyay, Mukti
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Kavala Institute of Technology
• (where): Kavala
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/66587
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