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Social inequality
Known as:
Inequality
, Racial inequality
, Social inequalities
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Social inequality occurs when resources in a given society are distributed unevenly, typically through norms of allocation, that engender specific…
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Incarceration & social inequality
B. Western
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B. Pettit
Daedalus
2010
Corpus ID: 57571604
In the last few decades the institutional contours of American social inequality have been transformed by the rapid growth in the…
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Income Inequality and Social Dysfunction
R. Wilkinson
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K. Pickett
2009
Corpus ID: 146580607
Population health tends to be better in societies where income is more equally distributed. Recent evidence suggests that many…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Inequality and Social Conflict Over Land in Africa
P. Peters
2004
Corpus ID: 55973799
The paper proposes that reports of pervasive competition and conflict over land in sub-Saharan Africa belie a current image of…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
On the Measurement of Inequality
F. Bourguignon
2003
Corpus ID: 48266795
Measures of inequality are used by economists to answer a wide range of questions. Is the distribution of income more equal than…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Inequality at the Starting Gate: Social Background Differences in Achievement as Children Begin School
Valerie E. Lee
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David T. Burkam
2002
Corpus ID: 150494680
But the inequalities facing children before they enter school are less publicized. We should expect schools to increase…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Inequality, Social Insurance, and Redistribution
K. Moene
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M. Wallerstein
2001
Corpus ID: 26666118
I s the political support for welfare policy higher or lower in less egalitarian societies? We answer the question using a model…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Unhealthy Societies: The Afflictions of Inequality
R. Wilkinson
1996
Corpus ID: 153728031
Chapter 1. Introduction The Health of Societies Chapter 2. Health becomes a social science Chapter 3. Rising life expectancy and…
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Review
1996
Review
1996
Inequality and Growth
R. Bénabou
NBER Macroeconomics Annual
1996
Corpus ID: 154145268
Using two unifying models and an empirical exercise, this paper presents and extends the main theories linking income…
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Review
1994
Review
1994
Intertemporal Choice and Inequality
A. Deaton
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Christina H. Paxson
Journal of Political Economy
1994
Corpus ID: 13717812
The permanent income hypothesis implies that, for any cohort of people born at the same time, inequality in both consumption and…
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Review
1991
Review
1991
Elements of Information Theory
T. Cover
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Joy A. Thomas
1991
Corpus ID: 190432
Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Acknowledgments for the Second Edition. Acknowledgments for the…
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