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 …

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 …

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 …

This study explores global inequality in health status, and decomposes it into within- andbetween-country inequality … contrast with similar research on income inequality, within-country variation is thesource of most inequality, rather than the …

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

distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … difficult to gauge the magnitude of the contribution this makes to income inequality. Variation in exposure to health risks … inequality. If material advantage can be excercised within the domain of health, then economic inequality will generate health …