Inequality, Poverty, and Economic Shrinking: A Study of Developing Countries, 1974-2006
(2021) EKHS21 20211Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- Recent research suggests that it is the decline in the frequency of ‘shrinking’ episodes, and not higher growth rates, that are more important for long-term development. A growing body of literature also focuses on how income inequality and poverty affect economic growth rates, with a consensus emerging about their negative impacts. By employing a framework centred around social capabilities, this study investigates the effects of income inequality and poverty on economic shrinking frequency, as opposed to previous literature that has exclusively had a growth focus. For such, this study builds a longitudinal dataset including 21 developing countries throughout a 33-year period to demonstrate that while income inequality does not appear to... (More)
- Recent research suggests that it is the decline in the frequency of ‘shrinking’ episodes, and not higher growth rates, that are more important for long-term development. A growing body of literature also focuses on how income inequality and poverty affect economic growth rates, with a consensus emerging about their negative impacts. By employing a framework centred around social capabilities, this study investigates the effects of income inequality and poverty on economic shrinking frequency, as opposed to previous literature that has exclusively had a growth focus. For such, this study builds a longitudinal dataset including 21 developing countries throughout a 33-year period to demonstrate that while income inequality does not appear to be correlated with economic shrinking frequency, poverty is highly correlated with it. This thesis concludes with the observation that fighting poverty could be of greater importance for economies trying to build resilience to economic shrinking episodes, thus potentially vital for long-term development to take place. (Less)
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- author
- Smythe, Anthony LU
- supervisor
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- Igor Martins LU
- organization
- course
- EKHS21 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Economic Development, Income Inequality, Poverty, Shrinking, Volatility, Social Capabilities, Resilience
- language
- English
- id
- 9054088
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-24 13:18:36
- date last changed
- 2021-06-24 13:18:39
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