Inequality and economic growth

不平等与经济增长

• 批准号: DP170100339
• 负责人: Prof Jakob Madsen
• 金额: $ 26.89万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP170100339
• 关键词: Inequality; economic; growth

This project aims to identify forces driving inequality. Piketty’s influential book, Capital in the 21st Century, stimulated research on inequality to address the increased public concern about inequality and its side-effects such as reduced growth. Piketty proposes three laws that explain and predict inequality paths over time, but there is no empirical evidence or theoretical foundations for these laws. This project will examine Piketty’s laws and investigate factors that shape inequality and its relation to growth. This knowledge should enable Australian governments to reduce inequality and benefit economic growth, thereby reducing disadvantage and building stronger, more resilient communities.

该项目旨在确定导致不平等的因素。皮凯蒂的著作《21世纪世纪的资本》（Capital in the 21st Century）颇具影响力，这本书刺激了对不平等的研究，以解决公众对不平等及其副作用（如增长放缓）日益增长的担忧。皮凯蒂提出了三条定律来解释和预测不平等随时间的发展路径，但这些定律没有经验证据或理论基础。该项目将研究皮克提定律，并调查形成不平等及其与增长的关系的因素。这些知识应该使澳大利亚政府能够减少不平等，促进经济增长，从而减少不利因素，建立更强大，更有弹性的社区。