Revealed Social Preferences for Equality and Growth

Authors

  • David Kiefer
  • Shahrukh Rafi Khan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/1874-6322.15293

Abstract

Using the Kuznets inverted-U-shaped association as a structural constraint, we model the social tradeoff between changing inequality and changing income. If observed outcomes for recent decades are taken as constrained political-economic optima, this model identifies the parameters of a social welfare function. Our cross-country regression results tentatively suggest that the world is becoming an anti-egalitarian place.

Published

2008-03-03

How to Cite

Kiefer, D., & Khan, S. R. (2008). Revealed Social Preferences for Equality and Growth. Journal of Income Distribution®, 17(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.25071/1874-6322.15293

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