TY - BOOK ID - 30855232 TI - Growth with inequality : an international comparison on income distribution PY - 2012 SN - 1299281060 9814401706 9789814401708 9814401684 9789814401685 9781299281066 PB - Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, DB - UniCat KW - Economic development KW - Income distribution. KW - Income KW - Regional economic disparities. KW - Social aspects. KW - Regional disparities. KW - Differentiations, Regional economic KW - Disparities, Regional economic KW - Economic disparities, Regional KW - Imbalances, Regional economic KW - Unequal economic development KW - Variations, Regional economic KW - Distribution of income KW - Income inequality KW - Inequality of income KW - Economic zoning KW - Regional disparities KW - Regional economics KW - Regional planning KW - Regional economic disparities KW - Distribution (Economic theory) KW - Disposable income KW - Income distribution KW - Social aspects KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30855232 AB - In the era of globalization and liberalization, the world is enjoying high growth as well as suffering from the ill-effects of unequal distribution of its economic outcomes. The activities of anti-government demonstrations in China and across the world via the Occupy Wall Street Movement highlight that inequality has become an international phenomenon. It is apparent in both poor countries under authoritarianism and rich countries governed by a democratic regime. Thus, inequality has become not only a hurdle to development but also a threat to social and political stability. The spread of the ER -