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dc.contributor.authorGaston, Noel
dc.contributor.authorRajaguru, G.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:58:00Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:58:00Z
dc.date.created2014-04-08T20:00:29Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationGaston, Noel and Rajaguru, Gulasekaran. 2009. The Long-run Determinants of Australian Income Inequality. The Economic Record. 85 (270): pp. 260-275.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16834
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1475-4932.2009.00539.x
dc.description.abstract

Recent interest has been stimulated by the growth of income inequality in most developed countries during the 1980s and 1990s. However, considerable uncertainty still exists as to which factors have been the most important causes of this development. This article uses a measure of income inequality derived from taxation statistics and a recently proposed method for testing long-run Granger non-causality to examine the key determinants of Australia’s inequality for the years 1970–2001. In line with popular concern, we find that globalisation and technological progress – defined as the global flow of information – has increased income inequality. In contrast, improved terms of trade have been equity-enhancing. Of the institutional determinants, de-unionisation has had an adverse effect on income inequality, where as higher minimum wages have reduced it.

dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.subjectIncome inequality
dc.subjectLong-run Granger Non-causality
dc.titleThe Long-run Determinants of Australian Income Inequality
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume85
dcterms.source.number270
dcterms.source.startPage260
dcterms.source.endPage275
dcterms.source.issn0013-0249
dcterms.source.titleThe Economic Record
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