Inequality

Although the problem of distribution is actually one of the most central issues in economics, it plays a fairly subordinate role in current debates on economic policy. This can hardly be due to a lack of the problem: in the last two decades, income inequality has been increasing in many Western states, and on a global level the poorest states seem entirely cutoff from the economic development of the 'First World.' The present volume contains empirically oriented studies which discuss new methods and illuminate certain dimensions of the problem, such as regional or sectorial inequality, that previously have received little attention in the discussion of equality and distribution. Contents Gerd Grözinger, Anne van Aaken Introduction: Inequality: New Analytical Approaches Georg P. Mueller Entropy Measures for Comparative Analyses of Social Justice and Discrimination Dierk Hirschel Do high incomes reflect individual performance? Johannes Schwarze and Marco Härpfer Income Inequality, Redistribution and Well-Being. Evidence From Longitudinal Data on Life Satisfaction Gerd Grözinger and Wenzel Matiaske Regional Unemployment and Individual Satisfaction Uwe Blien, Phan thi Hong Van Occupational wage differentials Andrea Weißbrich Polarisation of the World Income Distribution Thomas Ziesemer Multiple-steady-state growth models explaining twin-peak empirics?