Understanding the Persistence of Inequality
Call for Papers
Understanding the Persistence of Inequality
Editors: Philip Arestis, Ron Martin and Peter Tyler
Over the last three decades the problem of inequalities has not only persisted but in many cases intensified both between and within countries. This Call for Papers is concerned with measuring and identifying the cases of this persistence of inequality and tracing the policy implications. We invite authors to submit an abstract (approximately 500 words) for an issue on “Understanding the Persistence of Inequality”. The goal of this issue is to focus on new ways of assessing inequality, particularly as it relates to the geography of inequality both within and between nations, which allow relevant conclusions on the relationship between macroeconomic events and inequality outcomes. Empirical applications are used in the papers to buttress the relevance of these new assessment approaches. It is also envisaged that a number of papers will focus on different interpretations of the main determinants of inequality including theoretical, institutional, historical and spatial interpretations, which analyze the effect of different policy interventions. Account for the impact of the current crisis on inequality is another important element of this special issue. This would cover both interregional and spatial inequalities.
We are soliciting papers that push the literature in new directions and particularly work that blends a theoretical dimension with a strong empirical elaboration. Since this is a special topic issue, articles will be selected based on their quality and coverage of the topic itself as well as fit with other selected papers.
Topics might include:
• Inequality Adjusted Growth Rates
• Inequality and Economic and Political Change
• Measures of Inequality and Well-Being
• A Human Capital Index Approach to Inequality
• Inequality and Economic Crises
• Globalization, Growth and Inequality
• Income Equality and Corporatism
• IMF/World Bank Policies and Income Inequality
• Regimes of Growth and Inequalities
• Economic Growth, Human Development and Inequality
• Global Inter-regional Inequality
• Inequalities of access and inequalities of outcome
• The unequal burdens of the financial crisis and recession
• Economic Growth, Human Development and Inequality
Abstracts of approximately 500 words should be sent to Angela Brennan at landecon-cjres@lists.cam.ac.uk by 31st July, 2009. Authors will be invited to submit papers following the editors’ selection of the abstract.
Full papers will need to be submitted by 31 December 2009 to allow sufficient time for the peer review process.