Income inequality influence on economic growth and sustainable development

Journal title RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'
Author/s Tamara Merkulova, Kateryna Kononova, Margarita Deyneka
Publishing Year 2019 Issue 2018/2
Language English Pages 17 P. 27-43 File size 251 KB
DOI 10.3280/RISS2018-002003
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Economic growth and the distribution of income has become the subject of a broad international discussion caused by the request for new sources of sustainable development under the conditions of qualitative and quantitative limitations of natural resources. The aim of the paper is to analyze institutional and environmental channels of income inequality influence on economic growth and sustainable development. In this paper, the following subjects are considered: a review of research outcomes on the relationship between inequality and economic growth, social justice and the hypothesis of the optimal level of income differentiation, the channels of the inequality influence on the environment, a case study of Ukraine.

Keywords: Income inequality, institutional and environmental channels, optimal income distribution, environment, sustainable development.

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Tamara Merkulova, Kateryna Kononova, Margarita Deyneka, Income inequality influence on economic growth and sustainable development in "RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'" 2/2018, pp 27-43, DOI: 10.3280/RISS2018-002003