In recent years there has been a growing interest in the impact of inequality on economic growth. Both theoretical and … part of the literature that considers inequality detrimental to growth, more recent studies have challenged this result and … found a positive effect of inequality on growth. This paper contributes to the debate by using meta-analytical techniques to …

expanded in a consistent way to any welfare measure;and can be assessed for reliability usingstandard statistical theory …, as well as the use of distributional approxima-tions. For non-separable inequality measures we derive specific formulas …

general-equilibrium mapping from tariffs to household inequality measures. This also yields predictions for linkages between … tariffs, development level, and observed household inequality. Working with a new dataset, we then examine crosscountry … variation in inequality with respect to import protection. Results are consistent with predictions of the factor-intensity model …

tothe income distribution inequality. Third, we provide numerical simulations to quantify the effect of changes in …

The paper examines the effect of heterogeneity in individual human capital formation on cross-country income inequality … equilibrium, on the intra-generational income inequality in both the investing and receiving countries. …

theory predicts. Empirical evidencesuggests that social and political instability is a major reason for thedivergence between …. Furthermore, the results also support thehypothesis that inequality and investment rates are negatively correlated. …

labour market, the result is in line withthe empirical fact thatincome inequality increases when more people are unemployed. …

We argue that promoting education may be a means to reduceincome inequality. When workers of different skill levels …