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Kalle Moene
Kalle Moene is a Professor (Emeritus) of Economics at the University of Oslo. His research focuses on economic development and institutional change in rich and poor countries.
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Why political competition matters when inequality is high
In a high-inequality setting, local politicians with secure positions may favour the rich by diverting resources towards them, at the cost of the poor. To test this hypothesis, this article analyses data from rural India, and demonstrates that lower political competition worsens the impact of inequality on public provisioning as well as developmental outcomes such as infant mortality.
Parikshit Ghosh speaks with Karl Ove Moene
There is a view that upsurge in inequality due to globalisation is leading to rising appeal of political platforms that promote inward-looking policies. In this podcast, Parikshit Ghosh (Member of the I4I Editorial Board & Associate Professor, Delhi School of Economics) speaks with Karl Ove Moene (Professor, Centre for the Study of Equality, Social Organization, and Performance, Department of Economics, University of Oslo) on the benefits of the Scandinavian model of social protection rather than protectionism, and the challenges associated with financing a welfare State.
The universal basic share and social incentives
In the previous article in the series, Debraj Ray proposes a simple amendment of the universal basic income called the universal basic share. In this article, Debraj Ray and Karl Ove Moene (University of Oslo), discuss how the universal basic share combines social considerations of fairness with incentives for the collective good.