Measuring the Trade-offs Between Economic Growth and Unequal Distribution of the Benefits

Authors

Knowledge@SMU

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

9-2007

Abstract

In an unequal world, how should countries evaluate the trade-offs between pursuing economic growth and the risks of unequal distribution of the benefits amongst individuals? London School of Economics professor and department head Danny Quah recently delivered an address on "Life in Unequal Growing Economies”, as part of the Singapore Management University School of Economics Distinguished Lecture Series. His paper proposes an empirical model to measure the trade-offs between economic growth and income inequality, and to assess the implications of such trade-offs for poverty alleviation and individual welfare.

Disciplines

Law

Copyright Owner and Holder

Copyright © Singapore Management University 2012

Licece/Creative Commons Licence

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Article ID

1091

Subject(s)

Law and Public Policy

Citation

Knowledge@SMU. Measuring the Trade-offs Between Economic Growth and Unequal Distribution of the Benefits. (2007).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/221