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 …

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. …

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge … knowledge with. We show how the diffusion of knowledge through the world explains the evolution of global income inequality. It … generates a "Great Divergence", that is increasing world inequality after the take-off of the forerunners of the industrial …

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth and R&D-driven technological progress in which countries are … inequality after the take-off of the forerunners of the industrial revolution, followed by decreasing relative inequality …

-biased technological progress and use cross-country panel data on inequality and GDP to test these ideas. A one-year increase in the level …