Wealth Inequality: Historical Trends and Cross‐National Differences. Issue 6 (June 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Wealth Inequality: Historical Trends and Cross‐National Differences. Issue 6 (June 2016)
- Main Title:
- Wealth Inequality: Historical Trends and Cross‐National Differences
- Authors:
- Kus, Basak
- Abstract:
- Abstract: This article provides an overview of the recent literature on wealth inequality from a comparative and historical perspective. I first discuss how the stock, composition, and distribution of wealth changed from the 18 th century onwards. In the second part of the paper, I move on to the causal questions: What factors drive wealth inequality? Why does the distribution of wealth vary across nations? In the third and concluding section I briefly discuss the socio‐political challenges posed by increasing wealth inequality, and identify several key questions for research going forward.
- Is Part Of:
- Sociology compass. Volume 10:Issue 6(2016)
- Journal:
- Sociology compass
- Issue:
- Volume 10:Issue 6(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 10, Issue 6 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 6
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0010-0006-0000
- Page Start:
- 518
- Page End:
- 529
- Publication Date:
- 2016-06
- Subjects:
- Socioology -- Periodicals
301 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1751-9020 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/soc4.12378 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1751-9020
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- Legaldeposit
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