Inequality Around the World

One of the most troubling developments of the past two decades has been the dramatic rise in inequality among nations and within nations.

PART I: INTERNATIONAL PATTERNS AND ADVANCED COUNTRIES Wages Around the World: Pay Across Occupations and Countries; R.B.Freeman & R.H.Oostendorp Australian Responses to Increases in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: Comparisons with the UK, NZ and USA; R.G.Gregory Wage Indexation and the Evolution of Returns to Education in Italy. 1979-1992; M.Manacorda PART II: LESS ADVANCED COUNTRIES Markets, Human Capital, and Inequality: Evidence from Rural China; D.Benjamin, L.Brandt, P.Glewwe & G.Li Inequality in Latin America During the 1990s; M.Székely & M.Hilgert Inequality and Mortality During Russia''s Economic Transition; E.Brainerd The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wage Inequality and Employment in the Formal and Informal Sector in Costa Rica; F.El-Hamidi & K.Terrell PART III: UNDERSTANDING MICRO-BEHAVIOUR AND THE BROAD ECONOMY OF INEQUALITY The Economics of Reciprocity: Evidence and Theory; A.Falk & U.Fischbacher Globalization and Redistribution: Feasible Egalitarianism in a Competitive World; S.Bowles Distributed Information and the Role of the State in the Economy; K.J.Arrow