Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Conference Papers Conference Paper Faculty Publications- Conference Papers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Factors Affecting the Growing Economic Inequality: An Empirical Study with Reference to BRICS Countries Subject The topic of the resource BRICS economies; Economic growth; Income distribution; Inequality Description An account of the resource Economic inequality refers to the uneven distribution ofearningsand opportunity between various groups in society and is a point of major concern in almost all the nations in the world. This study aims to analyse the effect of various factors over the increasing inequality in BRICS nations. The study takes into consideration factors like trade openness, credit, net foreign assets and health and tries to assess their impact as a driving force behind the increasing inequality in these countries. The augmented DickeyFuller test for stationarity has been applied followed by multiple regression. To explore causality, Granger causality test is applied. All the models are tested for autocorrelation using the BreuschGodfrey Lagrange Multiplier test. Wald test is applied to examine the significance of independent variables. The study provides statistical evidence about the positive and negative effects of trade openness, healthcare finance, net foreign assets and healthcare expenditure on income inequality in BRICS nations. Findings may help to work intensively on the relevant causes of inequality for these five countries. This paper will add to the already present literature on inequality which is one of the important problems of the countries across the world. 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mathur M.; Jain V. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, pp. 1-19. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer Science and Business Media B.V. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7818-9_1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7818-9_1</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85125349282&amp;doi=10.1007%2F978-981-16-7818-9_1&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b6319f45834ed4b18e2515558b43554f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85125349282&amp;doi=10.1007%2f978-981-16-7818-9_1&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b6319f45834ed4b18e2515558b43554f</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 21987246; ISBN: 978-981167817-2 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Conference paper Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Mathur M., Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, India; Jain V., Christ (Deemed University), Pune, Lavasa, India