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This book uses a combination of comparative analysis and in-depth examination of the experience of 30 countries over the past 30 years, to see whether inequality in incomes, wealth, and education has been widening. It shows how these inequalities are related to social and political outcomes such as poverty, family structures, health, and crime.
List of contents
- Preface
- 1: Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, István György Tóth, and Herman G. van de Werfhorst: Introduction
- 2: Francesco Bogliacino and Virginia Maestri: Increasing Economic Inequalities?
- 3: Wiemer Salverda and Christina Haas: Earnings, Employment, and Income Inequality
- 4: Virginia Maestri, Francesco Bogliacino, and Wiemer Salverda: Wealth Inequality and the Accumulation of Debt
- 5: Gabriele Ballarino, Massimiliano Bratti, Antonio Filippin, Carlo Fiorio, Marco Leonardi, and Francesco Scervini: Increasing Educational Inequalities?
- 6: Brian Nolan and Chris Whelan: The Social Impact of Income Inequality: Poverty, Deprivation, and Social Cohesion
- 7: Abigail McKnight and Frank Cowell: Social Impacts: Health, Housing, and Inter-generational Mobility
- 8: István György Tóth, Dániel Horn, and Márton Medgyesi: Rising Inequalities: Will Electorates Go for Higher Redistribution?
- 9: Robert Andersen, Brian Burgoon, and Herman G. van de Werfhorst: Inequality, Legitimacy, and the Political System
- 10: Ive Marx and Tim van Rie: The Policy Response to Inequality: Redistributing Income
- 11: Ive Marx and Gerlinde Verbist: The Policy Response: Employment and Services
- 12: Daniele Checchi, Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Michela Braga, and Elena Meschi: The Policy Response to Educational Inequalities
- 13: Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, István György Tóth, and Herman G. van de Werfhorst: Conclusions
About the author
The seven editors together have organised and coordinated the three and a half year Growing Inequalities' Impacts GINI project, which has generated the results reported in this volume. They are an international team drawn from different disciplines and with important and complementary expertise in the fields covered by the book. They share a history of joint publications, including edited volumes, and extensive cooperation in research networks such LoWER (European Low-wage Employment Research network, 1996-2008), Equalsoc (Network of Excellence, since 2005), and ImPRovE (Poverty Reduction in Europe: Social Policy and Innovation, since 2012).
Summary
This book uses a combination of comparative analysis and in-depth examination of the experience of 30 countries over the past 30 years, to see whether inequality in incomes, wealth, and education has been widening. It shows how these inequalities are related to social and political outcomes such as poverty, family structures, health, and crime.
