Entry:

Thorbecke, Erik; Charumilind Chutatong, “Economic Inequality and Its Socioeconomic Impact,” World Development, 30(2002), 1477-1495.


Abstract:

A substantial literature in economics and the social sciences has investigated the relationship between income inequality and economic growth, and a variety of social phenomena. The links between inequality and economic growth are explored as well as those between inequality and such key social variables as political conflict, education, health, and crime.

GSS Years:

1972-1977