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Title: Why widening socioeconomic inequality should concern us all
Author/Creator: Vimpani, Graham Verum
Description: Widening income inequality in Australia affects the quality of life for everyone, not just the poor, this paper argues. It discusses evidence indicating that health and well being within communities decline, and hostility between people increases, when the income distribution gap widens. It then examines the role of education as a social leveller, and the adjustments to government policy that are needed to ensure that equality of opportunity is delivered to disadvantaged children through education spending.
Relation: NCOSS News Vol. 32, no. 6, p. 7, 17
Date: 2005
Publisher: Council of Social Service of New South Wales
Keyword(s): income distribution; inequality; socioeconomic status; health; well being; social capital; disadvantaged groups; children; education policy; public finance
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/24574
Identifier: ISSN:0313-4133
Language: eng

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