Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate

Differing value judgments in measuring inequality underlie the conflicting factual claims about how much poor people have shared in the economic gains from globalization. Opponents in the debate differ in the extent to which they care about relative inequality versus absolute inequality, vertical inequalities versus horizontal inequalities, and whether they are consistently individualistic in assessing the extent of inequality. The value judgments on these issues made by both sides need greater scrutiny if the globalization debate is to move forward.

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Main Author: Ravallion, Martin
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2004-03
Subjects:INEQUALITY, POVERTY MITIGATION, POVERTY ISSUES, GLOBALIZATION, VALUE JUDGMENTS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, GROWTH THEORY ABSOLUTE POVERTY, AGGREGATE GROWTH, AGGREGATE INEQUALITY, AVERAGE INCOME, COUNTRY LEVEL, COUNTRY REGRESSIONS, CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES, DATA SET, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING WORLD, DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA, DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, EMPIRICAL WORK, EQUAL WEIGHT, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL, GROUP INEQUALITY, GROWTH EMPIRICS, GROWTH LITERATURE, GROWTH MODELS, GROWTH PROCESS, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, GROWTH-PROMOTING POLICY, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, INCOME, INCOME DISPARITIES, INCOME GROUPS, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME LEVEL, INCOME LEVELS, INCOME RISK, INCOMES, INCREASED INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY AVERSION, INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION, INEQUALITY MEASURE, INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT, INEQUALITY MEASURES, INEQUALITY SERIES, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, LIVING STANDARDS, MEAN INCOME, MEAN LOG DEVIATION, MEASURING INEQUALITY, NATIONAL INCOME, NEGATIVE CORRELATION, PARLIAMENT, POLICY CHANGE, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY REFORM, POLICY REFORMS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLITICAL STABILITY, POOR, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR COUNTRY, POOR PEOPLE, POSITIVE IMPACT, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASURE, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY REDUCTION, POWER PARITY, PRICE CHANGES, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC POLICY, PURCHASING POWER, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, REAL INCOME, REDUCING INEQUALITY, RELATIVE POVERTY, RELATIVE PRICES, RISING INEQUALITY, SOCIAL CONFLICT, SOCIAL CONFLICTS, SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS, TARGETED TRANSFERS, TAX RATES, TAX SYSTEM, TAXATION,
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spelling dig-okr-10986141152024-08-08T17:34:33Z Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate Ravallion, Martin INEQUALITY POVERTY MITIGATION POVERTY ISSUES GLOBALIZATION VALUE JUDGMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH GROWTH THEORY ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGGREGATE GROWTH AGGREGATE INEQUALITY AVERAGE INCOME COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DATA SET DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL WORK EQUAL WEIGHT GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROUP INEQUALITY GROWTH EMPIRICS GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH-PROMOTING POLICY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISPARITIES INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME RISK INCOMES INCREASED INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY AVERSION INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY SERIES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIVING STANDARDS MEAN INCOME MEAN LOG DEVIATION MEASURING INEQUALITY NATIONAL INCOME NEGATIVE CORRELATION PARLIAMENT POLICY CHANGE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY REFORM POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL STABILITY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR COUNTRY POOR PEOPLE POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POWER PARITY PRICE CHANGES PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REAL INCOME REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE POVERTY RELATIVE PRICES RISING INEQUALITY SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL CONFLICTS SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS TARGETED TRANSFERS TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TAXATION Differing value judgments in measuring inequality underlie the conflicting factual claims about how much poor people have shared in the economic gains from globalization. Opponents in the debate differ in the extent to which they care about relative inequality versus absolute inequality, vertical inequalities versus horizontal inequalities, and whether they are consistently individualistic in assessing the extent of inequality. The value judgments on these issues made by both sides need greater scrutiny if the globalization debate is to move forward. 2013-06-21T16:47:48Z 2013-06-21T16:47:48Z 2004-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4073361/competing-concepts-inequality-globalization-debate https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14115 English en_US Policy, Research working paper;no. WPS 3243 Policy Research Working Paper;No.3243 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, D.C.
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topic INEQUALITY
POVERTY MITIGATION
POVERTY ISSUES
GLOBALIZATION
VALUE JUDGMENTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
GROWTH THEORY ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGGREGATE INEQUALITY
AVERAGE INCOME
COUNTRY LEVEL
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
DATA SET
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA
DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL WORK
EQUAL WEIGHT
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GROUP INEQUALITY
GROWTH EMPIRICS
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH-PROMOTING POLICY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME RISK
INCOMES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY AVERSION
INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY SERIES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
MEAN INCOME
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
MEASURING INEQUALITY
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
PARLIAMENT
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL STABILITY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR COUNTRY
POOR PEOPLE
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER PARITY
PRICE CHANGES
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC POLICY
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REAL INCOME
REDUCING INEQUALITY
RELATIVE POVERTY
RELATIVE PRICES
RISING INEQUALITY
SOCIAL CONFLICT
SOCIAL CONFLICTS
SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS
TARGETED TRANSFERS
TAX RATES
TAX SYSTEM
TAXATION
INEQUALITY
POVERTY MITIGATION
POVERTY ISSUES
GLOBALIZATION
VALUE JUDGMENTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
GROWTH THEORY ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGGREGATE INEQUALITY
AVERAGE INCOME
COUNTRY LEVEL
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
DATA SET
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA
DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL WORK
EQUAL WEIGHT
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GROUP INEQUALITY
GROWTH EMPIRICS
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH-PROMOTING POLICY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME RISK
INCOMES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY AVERSION
INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY SERIES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
MEAN INCOME
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
MEASURING INEQUALITY
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
PARLIAMENT
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL STABILITY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR COUNTRY
POOR PEOPLE
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER PARITY
PRICE CHANGES
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC POLICY
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REAL INCOME
REDUCING INEQUALITY
RELATIVE POVERTY
RELATIVE PRICES
RISING INEQUALITY
SOCIAL CONFLICT
SOCIAL CONFLICTS
SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS
TARGETED TRANSFERS
TAX RATES
TAX SYSTEM
TAXATION
spellingShingle INEQUALITY
POVERTY MITIGATION
POVERTY ISSUES
GLOBALIZATION
VALUE JUDGMENTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
GROWTH THEORY ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGGREGATE INEQUALITY
AVERAGE INCOME
COUNTRY LEVEL
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
DATA SET
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA
DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL WORK
EQUAL WEIGHT
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GROUP INEQUALITY
GROWTH EMPIRICS
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH-PROMOTING POLICY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME RISK
INCOMES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY AVERSION
INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY SERIES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
MEAN INCOME
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
MEASURING INEQUALITY
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
PARLIAMENT
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL STABILITY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR COUNTRY
POOR PEOPLE
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER PARITY
PRICE CHANGES
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC POLICY
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REAL INCOME
REDUCING INEQUALITY
RELATIVE POVERTY
RELATIVE PRICES
RISING INEQUALITY
SOCIAL CONFLICT
SOCIAL CONFLICTS
SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS
TARGETED TRANSFERS
TAX RATES
TAX SYSTEM
TAXATION
INEQUALITY
POVERTY MITIGATION
POVERTY ISSUES
GLOBALIZATION
VALUE JUDGMENTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
GROWTH THEORY ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGGREGATE INEQUALITY
AVERAGE INCOME
COUNTRY LEVEL
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
DATA SET
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA
DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL WORK
EQUAL WEIGHT
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GROUP INEQUALITY
GROWTH EMPIRICS
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH-PROMOTING POLICY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME RISK
INCOMES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY AVERSION
INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY SERIES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
MEAN INCOME
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
MEASURING INEQUALITY
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
PARLIAMENT
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL STABILITY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR COUNTRY
POOR PEOPLE
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER PARITY
PRICE CHANGES
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC POLICY
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REAL INCOME
REDUCING INEQUALITY
RELATIVE POVERTY
RELATIVE PRICES
RISING INEQUALITY
SOCIAL CONFLICT
SOCIAL CONFLICTS
SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS
TARGETED TRANSFERS
TAX RATES
TAX SYSTEM
TAXATION
Ravallion, Martin
Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
description Differing value judgments in measuring inequality underlie the conflicting factual claims about how much poor people have shared in the economic gains from globalization. Opponents in the debate differ in the extent to which they care about relative inequality versus absolute inequality, vertical inequalities versus horizontal inequalities, and whether they are consistently individualistic in assessing the extent of inequality. The value judgments on these issues made by both sides need greater scrutiny if the globalization debate is to move forward.
topic_facet INEQUALITY
POVERTY MITIGATION
POVERTY ISSUES
GLOBALIZATION
VALUE JUDGMENTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
GROWTH THEORY ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGGREGATE GROWTH
AGGREGATE INEQUALITY
AVERAGE INCOME
COUNTRY LEVEL
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
DATA SET
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA
DISTRIBUTIONAL OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL WORK
EQUAL WEIGHT
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GROUP INEQUALITY
GROWTH EMPIRICS
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH-PROMOTING POLICY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DISPARITIES
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME RISK
INCOMES
INCREASED INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY AVERSION
INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY SERIES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
MEAN INCOME
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
MEASURING INEQUALITY
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
PARLIAMENT
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL STABILITY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR COUNTRY
POOR PEOPLE
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER PARITY
PRICE CHANGES
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC POLICY
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
REAL INCOME
REDUCING INEQUALITY
RELATIVE POVERTY
RELATIVE PRICES
RISING INEQUALITY
SOCIAL CONFLICT
SOCIAL CONFLICTS
SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS
TARGETED TRANSFERS
TAX RATES
TAX SYSTEM
TAXATION
author Ravallion, Martin
author_facet Ravallion, Martin
author_sort Ravallion, Martin
title Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
title_short Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
title_full Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
title_fullStr Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
title_full_unstemmed Competing Concepts of Inequality in the Globalization Debate
title_sort competing concepts of inequality in the globalization debate
publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2004-03
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4073361/competing-concepts-inequality-globalization-debate
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