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Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 87 No. 4 1973

The Changing Tolerance for Income Inequality in the Course of Economic Development

Albert O. Hirschman1; Michael Rothschild2

1 Harvard University Press · 2 Princeton University

Abstract

I. Gratification over advances of others: the tunnel effect introduced, 545. — II. Some evidence, 548. — III. Consequences for integration and revolution, 550. — IV. From gratification to indignation, 552. — V. The tunnel effect: social, historical, cultural, and institutional determinants of its strength, 553. — VI. An alternative reaction: apprehension over advances of others, 559. — VII. Concluding remarks, 560. — Mathematical appendix, 562.

DOI
10.2307/1882024
Volume
87
Issue
4
Pages
544
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