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Abilities. See Skills and abilities
Ability theory (Cairne), 66
Acemoglu, Daron, 123, 154–55
Advanced economies, 144–52; corporate institutional reforms in, 147–48; educational policies in, 148–51; fiscal policy in, 145–47; social mobility in, 151–52. See also specific countries
Africa: convergence phase in, 90; economic growth, lack of, 157–58; elites’ monopoly of revenues in, 154; Gini coefficient for, 177; globalization and, 96–97, 156–57; international aid to, 161; migration patterns, 79–80, 158; population growth in, 158; recent trends in inequality for, 114; structural adjustment policies in, 158; trade restrictions and, 160. See also specific countries and regions
Agrarian economies, 97–98, 112
Aid effectiveness, 160–61
All the Ginis database, 185–87
Alvaredo, Facundo, 187
American Dream, 152
American Economic Association, 49
Amoroso, Luigi, 56–57
Analytical vs. theoretical interpretations in inequality studies, 64–67, 66
Antitrust programs, 147
Argentina: convergence discrepancy for, 89; decrease of inequality in, 4
Aristotle, 124, 129
Arms sales, 161
Arrighi, Giovanni, 82
Asia: as equalizer of global inequality, 113, 156; GDP, globalization’s effect on, 96–97; growing economy of, 107. See also specific countries
Asymmetry of data, 47
Atkinson, Anthony B.: educational differentials, 25; income distribution theory, 67; inequality article review, 50–52; inequality policy, 148; Luxembourg Inequality Study, 185; welfare theory, 45, 73–74; World Top Income Database, 187
Augmented Kuznets hypothesis, 103
Australia, convergence phase in, 89
Austria, Gini coefficient for, 177
Azerbaijan, Gini coefficient for, 177
Backhouse, Roger, 33
Barro, Robert, 90
Bartels, Larry, 126–27, 131
Baumol, William, 86–88
Belgium: convergence phase in, 89; Gini coefficient for, 177
Benefits of inequality, 10, 14–17, 132
Bentham, Jeremy, 34, 42
Between-country inequality, 155–62; convergence debate and, 86–97; decrease in, 84, 156; different concepts of, 84–86; ecologically sustainable development and, 162; foreign aid and, 160–61; industrialization of countries and, 107; measurement of, 168–69; migration trends, 27, 158–60. See als...
