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 cross …-country variation in inequality with respect to import protection. Results are consistent with predictions of the factor-intensity model …

workers from agriculture is associated with rising wage inequality, rather than a Kuznets curve. The increase in sectoral wage … inequality is pronounced for agriculture. At the same time, structural transformation is associated with major reductions in … rural poverty, and eventually in urban poverty. …

wealth or poverty and the extent to which people are responsible for their own fate. At the same time, social ethnographies …

modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …

We study the implications of electoral corruption for resource allocation, factor market equilibrium and inequality. We …

strong incentives for product innovations (new luxuries). We show that the inequality-growth relationship depends on which …

theoretical model in which it is positively related to income inequality, more so under weak institutions, and is negatively … informal sector, income inequality, and institutional quality. The results are shown to be robust with respect to a variety of …

This Paper presents theory and evidence on the relationship between inequality and institutional quality. We exhibit a …