Why widening socioeconomic inequality should concern us all

Title: Why widening socioeconomic inequality should concern us all
Creator: Vimpani, Graham Verum
Relation: NCOSS News Vol. 32, no. 6, p. 7, 17
Publisher: Council of Social Service of New South Wales
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2005
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.
Subject: income distribution; inequality; socioeconomic status; health; well being; social capital; disadvantaged groups; children; education policy; public finance
Identifier: uon:641
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/24574
Identifier: ISSN:0313-4133
Language: eng