The Changing Tolerance for Income Inequality in the Course of Economic Development
Albert O. Hirschman and Michael Rothschild
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Vol. 87, No. 4 (Nov., 1973), pp. 544-566

AbstractI. 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,