Title: Effects of economic inequality - Wikipedia
Headings: Effects of economic inequality
Effects of economic inequality
Contents
Health
Social cohesion
Crime
Redistribution and welfare
Poverty
Housing
Aggregate demand, consumption and debt
Monopolization of labor, consolidation, and competition
Economic incentives
Economic growth
Theories
Evidence
Mechanisms
Equitable growth
Environment
Political outcomes
War, terrorism and political instability
See also
References

Content: Most studies looking into the relationship have concentrated on homicides – since homicides are almost identically defined across all nations and jurisdictions. Daly et al. 2001 estimated that about half of all variation in homicide rates among U.S. states and Canadian provinces can be accounted for by differences in the amount of inequality in each province or state. Fajnzylber et al. ( 2002) found a similar relationship worldwide. Among comments in academic literature on the relationship between homicides and inequality are: The most consistent finding in cross-national research on homicides has been that of a positive association between income inequality and homicides. Economic inequality is positively and significantly related to rates of homicide despite an extensive list of conceptually relevant controls. The fact that this relationship is found with the most recent data and using a different measure of economic inequality from previous research, suggests that the finding is very robust. A 2016 study, controlling for different factors than previous studies, challenges the aforementioned findings.