Beyond Piketty: A new perspective on poverty and inequality in India

The socio-economic literature has focused much on how overall inequality in income distribution (frequently measured by the Gini coefficient) undermines the “trickle down” effect. In other words, the higher the inequality in the income distribution, the lower is the growth elasticity of poverty. However, with the publication of Piketty’s magnum opus (2014), and a subsequent study by Chancel and Piketty (2017) of evolution of income inequality in India since 1922, the focus has shifted to the income disparity between the richest 1% (or 0.01%) and the bottom 50%. Their central argument is that the rapid growth of income at the top end of millionaires and billionaires is a by-product of growth. The present study extends this argument by linking it to poverty indices in India. Based on the India Human Development Survey 2005–12 – a nationwide panel survey-we examine the links between poverty and income inequality, especially in the upper tail relative to the bottom 50%, state affluence (measured in per capita income) and their interaction or their joint effect. Another feature of our research is that we analyse their effects on the FGT class of poverty indices. The results are similar in as much as direction of association is concerned but the elasticities vary with the poverty index. The growth elasticities are negative and significant for all poverty indices. In all three cases, the disparity between the income share of the top 1% and share of the bottom 50% is associated with greater poverty. These elasticities are much higher than the (absolute) income elasticities except in the case of the poverty gap. The largest increase occurs in the poverty gap squared – a 1% greater income disparity is associated with a 1.24% higher value of this index. Thus the consequences of even a small increase in the income disparity are alarming for the poorest.     

A class of symmetric bivariate uniform distributions

A class of symmetric bivariate uniform distributions is proposed for use in statistical modeling. The distributions may be constructed to be absolutely continuous with correlations as close to±1 as desired. Expressions for the correlations, regressions and copulas are found. An extension to three dimensions is proposed.     

加强邓小平理论教育提高大学生思想政治素质

文章论述了加强大学生思想政治素质教育的必要性,邓小平理论在大学生思想政治素质教育中的指导作用,以及我院如何开展邓小平理论教育、提高大学生思想政治素质。     

邓小平对社会主义时代课题的思考

围绕着邓小平在经济领域回答社会主义时代课题的主要观点和思考轨迹进行了综合分析 ;阐述了邓小平从当代社会主义实际出发 ,把发展生产力作为第一要务 ,否定了离开生产力去片面追求生产关系的变革来促进生产力发展的思路。     

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权力需要制约。邓小平不主张照搬西方那套权力制约体制,但他十分赞成对权力进行制约,猛烈抨击滥用权力造成的种种弊端。制约权力不能靠人治,道德自律和纵向权力制约固然有一定的作用,但关键要靠制度。要建立和健全一系列制约权力的获得、权力的行使、权力运行后果的制度,在党内外自下而上逐步推行选举制,建立群众不信任票达一定比例必须引咎辞职的制度,建立弹劾罢免制度以及严格的任期制,切实执行重大过错责任追究制,保证人民赋予的权力服务于人民。     

论邓小平对选拔培养中青年干部的思想

建设有中国特色的社会主义市场经济 ,需要一大批杰出的人才。如何选拔培养中青年干部成为我们党和国家一项重大课题。运用邓小平理论中关于选拔培养中青年干部的观点并指导实践 ,将会对我国的四化建设起到积极作用     

论邓小平的代价观

邓小平在领导中国改革开放和社会主义现代化建设的过程中 ,针对中国的特殊情况 ,他不仅对中国社会发展的代价问题进行深入思考 ,而且还指出中国在改革开放中产生代价的客观必然性以及如何正确看待改革中的代价问题。     

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论邓小平的国家利益观

邓小平的国家利益观是邓小平外交思想的重要组成部分 ,对我国正确处理国家关系具有重要的指导意义。邓小平国家利益观的主要内容表现为国家利益是处理国家关系的最高准则 ,国家之间的利益关系是一种平等的关系 ,寻求国家间的共同利益是和平解决国家之间冲突的关键。     

纪念邓小平《党和国家领导制度的改革》发表22周年

本文重温邓小平同志１９８０年８月关于《党和国家领导制度的改革》的讲话，概括指出：一、其三个方面的内容：实行党政分开；适当分权；改革干部人事制度。二、政治体制改革的原则方针：改革必须坚持社会主义方向；改革必须要有利于坚持和加强党的领导。三、政治体制改革的目标取向：发展社会主义民主，走民主的制度化、法制化道路。深刻领会该讲话精神，对于推动我国新世纪的政治体制改革具有重要的理论意义和现实意义。