Socio-Economic Inequalities: A Statistical Physics Perspective

2014/09/30 by Arnab Chatterjee · 11 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis #Geometry #Inequality #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Perspective (graphical) #Physics #Sociology #Statistical physics #cond-mat.stat-mech #physics.data-an #physics.soc-ph #q-fin.GN

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08473-2_12

published in New economic windows, 287-324 · 26 pages, 7 figs. review article. To be published in "Econophysics and Data Driven Modelling of Market Dynamics", Eds. F Abergel, H. Aoyama, B.K. Chakrabarti, A. Chakraborti, A. Ghosh, New Economic Windows, Springer (2015)

arxiv created 2014/10/08 · openalex publication_date 2015/01/01 · arxiv updated 2016/02/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Socio-economic inequalities are manifested in different aspects of our social life. We discuss various aspects, beginning with the evolutionary and historical origins, and discussing the major issues from the social and economic point of view. The subject has attracted scholars from across various disciplines, including physicists, who bring in a unique perspective to the field. The major attempts to analyze the results, address the causes, and understand the origins using statistical tools and statistical physics concepts are discussed.

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