ThisisanopenaccesstitleavailableunderthetermsofaCCBY-NC-SA3.0IGOlicence.ItisfreetoreadatOxfordScholarshipOnlineandofferedasafreePDFdownloadfromOUPandselectedopenaccesslocations.Inequalityhasemergedasakeydevelopmentchallenge.Itholdsimplicationsforeconomicgrowthandredistributionandtranslatesintopowerasymmetriesthatcanendangerhumanrights,createconflict,andembedsocialexclusionandchronicpoverty.Forthesereasons,itunderpinsintensepublicandacademicdebatesandhasbecomeadominantpolicyconcernwithinmanycountriesandinallmultilateralagencies.Itisatthecoreofthe17goalsoftheUN2030AgendaforSustainableDevelopment.Thisbookcontributestothisimportantdiscussionbypresentingassessmentsofthemeasurementandanalysisofglobalinequalitybyleadinginequalityscholars,aligningthesetocomprehensivereviewsofinequalitytrendsinfiveoftheworld’slargestdevelopingcountries--Brazil,China,India,Mexico,andSouthAfrica.Eachisapersistentlyhighornewlyhighinequalitycontextand,withthechangingglobalinequalitysituationascontext,countrychaptersinvestigatethemainfactorsshapingtheirdifferentinequalitydynamics.Particularattentionispaidtohowbroadersocietalinequalitiesarisingoutsideofthelabourmarkethaveintersectedwiththerapidlychanginglabourmarketmilieusofthelastfewdecades.Collectively,thesechaptersprovideanuanceddiscussionofkeydistributivephenomenasuchasthehighconcentrationofincomeamongthemostaffluentpeople,genderinequalities,andsocialmobility.Substantivetaxandsocialbenefitpoliciesthateachcountryimplementedtomitigatetheseinequalitydynamicsareassessedindetail.Thebooktakeslessonsfromthesecontextsbackintotheglobalanalysisofinequalityandsocialmobilityandthepoliciesneededtoaddressinequality.
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