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Political Determinants of Income Inequality in Emerging Democracies: SpringerBriefs in Economics

Autor Takeshi Kawanaka, Yasushi Hazama
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 ian 2016
This study explores why democratization does not necessarily result in inequality reduction in emerging democracies and reveals the determinants of income inequality in emerging democracies, where the average level of inequality continues to be higher and where there is a larger variance of inequality levels than in advanced democracies. Apart from economic, demographic, and social factors, the book highlights political factors that obstruct redistributive policies. In contrast to conventional studies on advanced democracies, which emphasize the relations between different classes, this study asserts that several political factors cause malfunctioning of democratic institutions at various phases of the political process in emerging democracies: multidimensional preferences, the failure of the political market, and weak state capacity.
The book employs econometric methods to examine the effects of these political factors. The results indicate their significant effects. The multilevel analysis using the World Values Survey demonstrates that multidimensional preferences, operationalized as ethnic fractionalization, weaken demand for income inequality. Political market quality and state capacity are measured by the age of the largest opposition party, and the Quality of Government indicator is used for the unbalanced panel analysis covering the 1985–2012 period for 75 democracies. Both political market quality and state capacity reduce inequality, but the latter takes more time to show its effect.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789811002564
ISBN-10: 9811002568
Pagini: 112
Ilustrații: IX, 112 p. 13 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2016
Editura: Springer Nature Singapore
Colecția Springer
Seria SpringerBriefs in Economics

Locul publicării:Singapore, Singapore

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Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. Theory.- 3. The State of Emerging Democracies.- 4. Multidimensionality and Preferences for Income Equality.- 5. Political Determinants of Income Inequality: Panel Analysis.- 6. Conclusion.

Caracteristici

Sheds light on problems in inequality reduction in emerging democracies that have not been analyzed comprehensively in previous studies
Reveals the requisite conditions for democratic institutions to function in newly democratized countries by identifying political determinants of inequality
Provides empirical evidence for the effects of political determinants by employing rigorous quantitative examinations based on both micro and macro data
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras