Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries Thirty Countries' Experiences

by Nolan, Brian; Salverda, Wiemer; Checchi, Daniele; Marx, Ive; McKnight, Abigail; Toth, Istvan Gyorgy; van de Werfhorst, Herman G.

• ISBN13: 9780198784739
• ISBN10: 0198784732
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-10-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Brian Nolan, Principal, College of Human Sciences, University College Dublin,Wiemer Salverda, Professor of Labour Market and Inequality, Amsterdam Center for Inequality Studies AMCIS, and Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies AIAS, University of Amsterdam,Daniele Checchi, University of Milan,Ive Marx, Associate Professor, University of Antwerp,Abigail McKnight, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics,Istvan Gyorgy Toth, Director, Tarki Social Research Institute,Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam

Edited by Brian Nolan, Principal, College of Human Sciences, University College Dublin, Wiemer Salverda, Professor of Labour Market and Inequality, Amsterdam Center for Inequality Studies AMCIS, and Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies AIAS, University of Amsterdam, Daniele Checchi, University of Milan, Ive Marx, Associate Professor, University of Antwerp, Abigail McKnightThe seven editors together organized and coordinated the 3.5-year Growing Inequalities' Impacts GINI project, which generated the results reported in this volume. They are an international team drawn from different disciplines and with important and complementary expertise in the fields covered by the book. They share a history of joint publications, including edited volumes, and extensive cooperation in research networks such LoWER (European Low-wage Employment Research network, 1996-2008), Equalsoc (Network of Excellence, since 2005), and ImPRovE (Poverty Reduction in Europe: Social Policy and Innovation, since 2012)

Table of Contents

Foreword, Laszlo Andor
Preface, Brian Nolan, Wiemer Salverda, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, Istvan Gyorgy Toth, and Herman van de Werfhorst
1. Introduction, Brian Nolan, Wiemer Salverda, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, Istvan Gyorgy Toth, and Herman van de Werfhorst
2. Revisiting Grand Narratives of Growing Inequalities: Lessons From 30 Country Studies, Istvan Gyorgy Toth
3. Australia: Inequality and Prosperity and their Impacts in a Radical Welfare State, Peter Whiteford
4. Austria: The Bastion of Calm? Stability and Change in Inequalities in Times of Welfare State Reforms and Employment Flexibilization, Roland Verwiebe, Tobias Troger, Laura Wiesbock, Roland Teitzer, and Nina-Sophie Fritsch
5. Between Economic Growth and Social Justice: Different Inequality Dynamics in the Baltic States, Jaan Masso, Kerly Espenberg, Anu Masso, Inta Mierina, and Kaia Philips
6. Belgium: When Growing Background Inequalities Meet Resilient Institutions, Tim Van Rie and Ive Marx
7. Bulgaria: Rising Inequality in the Period of Transition and Restrictive Incomes Policy, Vassil Tsanov, Petya Ivanova, Silvia Panteleeva, and Bogdan Bogdanov
8. Rising Inequality and Its Impact in Canada: The Role of National Debt, Robert Andersen and Mitch McIvor
9. Sources and Impact of Rising Inequality in Denmark, Ioana Neamtu and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen
10. Finland: Growing Inequality with contested consequences, Jenni Blomgren, Heikki Hiilamo, Olli Kangas, and Mikko Niemela
11. France: How Taxation Can Increase Inequality, Nicolas Fremeaux and Thomas Piketty
12. Germany: Rising Inequality and the Transformation of Rhine Capitalism, Giacomo Corneo, Sonja Zmerli, and Reinhard Pollak
13. Greece: The (Eventual) Social Hardship of Soft Budget Constraints, Margarita Katsimi, Thomas Moutos, George Pagoulatos, and Dimitri Sotiropoulos
14. Hungary: A Country Caught in its Own Trap, Zoltan Fabian, Andras Gabos, Marianna Kopasz, Marton Medgyesi, Peter Szivos, and Istvan Gyorgy Toth
15. Ireland: Inequality and its Impacts in Boom and Bust, Brian Nolan, Emma Calvert, Tony Fahey, Deirdre Healy, Aogan Mulcahy, Bertrand Maitre, Michelle Norris, Ian O'Donnell, Nessa Winston, and Christopher T. Whelan
16. Italy: How Labour Market Policies Can Foster Earnings Inequality, Gabriele Ballarino, Michela Braga, Massimiliano Bratti, Daniele Checchi, Antonio Filippin, Carlo Fiorio, Marco Leonardi, Elena Meschi, and Francesco Scervini
17. Rising Inequality in Japan: A Challenge Caused by Population Aging and Drastic Changes in Employment, Miki Kohara and Fumio Ohtake
18. Korea: The Great U-Turn in Inequality and the Need for Social Security Provisions, Byung You Cheon, Jiyeun Chang, Gyu Seong Hwang, Jin Wook Shin, Shin Wook Kang, Byung Hee Lee, and Hyun Joo Kim
19. Luxembourg: Has Inequality Grown Enough to Matter?, Alessio Fusco, Philippe Van Kerm, Aigul Alieva, Luna Bellani, Fanny Etienne-Robert, Anne-Catherine Guio, Iryna Kyzyma, Kristell Leduc, Philippe Liegeois, Maria Noel Pi Alperin, Anne Reinstadler, Eva Sierminska, Denisa Sologon, Patrick Thill, Marie Valentova, and Bogdan Voicu
20. The Netherlands: Policy-Enhanced Inequalities Tempered by Household Formation, Wiemer Salverda, Marloes de Graaf-Zijl, Christina Haas, Bram Lancee, and Natascha Notten
21. The Rise of Inequalities in Poland and their Impacts: When Politicians Don't Care but Citizens Do, Natalia Letki, MichaT Brzezinski, and Barbara Jancewicz
22. Portugal: There and Back Again, An Inequality's Tale, Carlos Farinha Rodrigues and Isabel Andrade
23. Romania: High Rising Inequality over Two Decades of Post Communist Transformation, Iuliana Precupetu and Marius Precupetu
24. Slovakia and the Czech Republic: Inequalities and Convergences after the Velvet Divorce, Martin Kahanec, Martin Guzi, Monika Martiskova, and Zuzana Siebertova
25. Slovenia: An Equal Society Despite the Transition, Masa Filipovic Hrast and Miroljub Ignjatovic
26. Spain: What Can We Learn From Past Decreasing Inequalities?, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Xavier Ramos, and Monica Oviedo
27. Sweden: Increasing Income Inequalities and Changing Social Relations, Johan Fritzell, Jennie Bacchus Hertzman, Olof Backman, Ida Borg, Tommy Ferrarini, and Kenneth Nelson
28. Divided We Fall? The Wider Consequences of High and Unrelenting Inequality in the UK, Abigail McKnight and Tiffany Tsang
29. The United States: High and Rapidly-Rising Inequality, Lane Kenworthy and Timothy Smeeding
30. Learning from Diversity about Increasing Inequality, its Impacts, and Responses?, Brian Nolan, Wiemer Salverda, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, Istvan Gyorgy Toth, and Herman van de Werfhorst