Relative Deprivation and the Gini Coefficient: Comment

Hey, John D.; Lambert, Peter J.

doi:10.2307/1885094

Cited by 211 publications

(148 citation statements)

References 7 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

143

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Given these assumptions, Nagel shows that the resulting cumulative effects result in an inverted U-shaped relationship between economic inequality and sociopolitical destabilization (Nagel, 1974). Similar results are obtained by a number of other researchers (Galtung, 1964, Nagel, 1974Hey, Lambert, 1980;Berrebi, Silber, 1985;Boudon, 2016).…”

Section: Economic Inequality and Socio-political Instabilitysupporting

confidence: 70%

Economic Development, Sociopolitical Destabilization and Inequality

Гринин¹,

Korotayev²,

Meshcherina³

et al. 2017

RSR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In the 1960s Mancur Olson and Samuel Huntington suggested that the positive correlation between per capita income and the level of sociopolitical destabilization that they detected for low and middle income countries might be partly accounted for by the growth of the inequality associated with the economic and technological development in these countries. The empirical tests we perform generally support this hypothesis, but they also identify certain limits for such an explanation. Our tests reveal for low and middle income countries a statistically significant correlation between GDP per capita and the economic inequality levels, but this correlation is not particularly strong. Earlier we found for the same countries significantly stronger positive correlations between GDP per capita and some important components of sociopolitical destabilization, such as the intensity of political assassinations, general strikes and anti-government demonstrations. It is quite clear that the strong association between the increase in the intensity of these components of sociopolitical destabilization and GDP per capita growth, can be explained by a much weaker tendency toward the growth of economic inequality only partly. In addition, our empirical tests suggest the presence of a certain threshold level of about 40 points on the Gini scale, after crossing which one can expect a radical increase in levels of sociopolitical destabilization in general, and the intensity of terrorist acts / guerrilla warfare and anti-government demonstrations in particular. According to the World Bank, the value of the Gini coefficient for Russia is now just in this zone, which suggests that the further growth of inequality in Russia could lead to an abrupt increase in political destabilization.

show abstract

Section: Economic Inequality and Socio-political Instabilitysupporting

confidence: 70%

Economic Development, Sociopolitical Destabilization and Inequality

Гринин¹,

Korotayev²,

Meshcherina³

et al. 2017

RSR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…I measure the distress of an individual by the extra income units earned by others in the population, I sum up these excesses, and I normalize by the size of the population. This procedure tracks the seminal work of Runciman (1966) and its articulation by Yitzhaki (1979) and Hey and Lambert (1980); a detailed description of the measure and of its derivation is in Stark and Hyll (2011). In my definition of relative deprivation, I resort to income-based comparisons, namely, an individual feels relatively deprived when others in his comparison group earn more than he does.…”

Section: Measuring Regional Distressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integration, social distress, and policy formation

Stark

2012

Economics Letters

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…I measure the distress of an individual by the extra income units that others in the population have, I sum up these excesses, and I normalize by the size of the population. This approach tracks the seminal work of Runciman (1966) and its articulation by Yitzhaki (1979), and Hey and Lambert (1980); a detailed description is in Stark and Hyll (2011). In my definition of relative deprivation I resort to income-based comparisons, namely, an individual feels relatively deprived when others in his comparison group earn more than him.…”

Section: A Measure Of Deprivation and The Superadditivity Of Aggregatmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy Responses to a Dark Side of the Integration of Regions and Nations

Stark¹

2012

SSRN Journal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Policy responses to a dark side of the integration of regions and nations Bonn, March 2012The CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH (ZEF) was established in 1995 as an international, interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Bonn. Research and teaching at ZEF addresses political, economic and ecological development problems. ZEF closely cooperates with national and international partners in research and development organizations. For information, see: www.zef.de.ZEF -Discussion Papers on Development Policy are intended to stimulate discussion among researchers, practitioners and policy makers on current and emerging development issues. Each paper has been exposed to an internal discussion within the This paper builds on and develops ideas presented in a keynote address delivered at a European Meeting of the Public Choice Society. I am indebted to Marcin Jakubek for advice and assistance. AbstractIn this paper I study policy responses to an increase in post-merger distress. I consider the integration of regions and nations as a merger of populations which I view as a revision of social space, and I identify the effect of the merger on aggregate distress. The paper is based on the premise that the merger of groups of people alters their social landscape and their comparators. Employing a specific measure of social distress that is based on the sensing of relative deprivation, a merger increases aggregate distress: the social distress of a merged population is greater than the sum of the social distress of the constituent populations when apart. In response, policies are enacted to ensure that aggregate distress and/or that of individuals does not rise after a merger. I consider two publicly-financed, cost-effective policies designed so as not to reduce individuals' incomes: a policy that reverses the negative effect of the merger on the aggregate level of relative deprivation, bringing it back to the sum of the pre-merger levels of aggregate relative deprivation of the two populations when apart; and a policy that is aimed at retaining the relative deprivation of each individual at most at its pre-merger level. These two policies are developed as algorithms. Numerical examples illustrate the application of the algorithms.

show abstract

Relative Deprivation and the Gini Coefficient: Comment

Cited by 211 publications

References 7 publications

Economic Development, Sociopolitical Destabilization and Inequality

Economic Development, Sociopolitical Destabilization and Inequality

Integration, social distress, and policy formation

Policy Responses to a Dark Side of the Integration of Regions and Nations

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About