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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: New markets, new opportunities? Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace : Brookings Institution Press, c2000 (OCoLC)652388430 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Nancy Birdsall; Carol Graham; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. |
| ISBN: | 081570917X 9780815709176 |
| OCLC Number: | 42476804 |
| Description: | x, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Part 1, Issues and concepts. Mobility and markets: conceptual issues and policy questions / Nancy Birdsall and Carol Graham -- Opportunity in the United States: myth or reality? / Isabel V. Sawhill -- Reflections on mobility and social justice, economic efficiency, and individual responsibility / Joseph E. Stiglitz. Part II, Defining and measuring mobility. Social mobility: concepts and measurement / Jere R. Behrman -- Income mobility: concepts and measures / Gary S. Fields. Part III, Economics and opportunity. Intergenerational mobility in Latin America: deeper markets and better schools make a difference / Jere R. Behrman, Nancy Birdsall, and Miguel Székely -- Worker mobility and transition to a market economy: winners and losers / Katherine Terrell -- Inequality, growth, and political stability: can income mobility provide the answers? / David E. Hojman. Part IV, Politics and perceptions. The political economy of mobility: perceptions and objective trends in Latin America / Carol Graham -- Pilot survey on household perceptions of mobility: Peru 1998 / Richard Webb -- Mobility and perceived change in life chances in postcommunist countries / Petr Matějů. |
| Responsibility: | Nancy Birdsall, Carol Graham, editors. |
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"fills a gap in the economic literature and should prove uesful to economists, sociologists, and policymakers" --Bruno Sergi, Finance & Development, 12/13/2000 "Inequality has always been a daunting economic, social, political, and moral challenge. In recent years it has become even more so. This excellent book asks readers to reconsider whether inequality matters and why. It will be a central reference for thinkers and policymakers concerned with the problem of inequality in a world of markets." --Moises Naim, Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy "This is a wide-ranging book that places the market economy where it belongs: amidst other institutions, different initiatives, and diverse tasks. Its broad approach contrasts with a narrow view of seeing development exclusively as market-driven or as being quintessentially state-managed. This is a substantial addition to the literature on development in a globalizing world." --Amartya Sen, Cambridge University, Cambridge University "Anyone concerned with the global economy has to face the question: how are people, especially poor people, faring in increasingly open, market-oriented systems? Who gets to exploit new opportunities? What are the implications of more mobility and less security for sustaining political support for market policies. With clarity and rigor, this book challenges us think about the technical and political dimensions of equitable, market-led growth. " --Mark Malloch Brown, United Nations Development program, United Nations Development Program "This is a great book... the contributions are accessible to a large audience of economists, social scientists and policy-makers. The book is also interesting for researchers more technically oriented." --Christophe Muller, University of Nottingham, U.K., Journal of International Development, 1/1/2001 "All told, the book presents an excellent analysis of the growing interest in social mobility and suggests areas of research for future examination. The editors have done a good job in distinguishing between the economics of opportunity and the politics of public perception and in looking at those countries in which social mobility partially applies or is beginning to emerge. This book fills a gap in the economic literature and should prove useful to economists, sociologists, and policymakers." --Bruno S. Sergi, Finance & Development, 12/1/2000 Read more...
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