excessive flexibility, resulting in suboptimal growth or even self-sustaining technology-inequality traps. Fourth, I examine how … configurations of technology, inequality and redistributive policy are feasible in the long run, when all three are endogenous. I … show in particular how the diffusion of technology leads to the ‘exporting’ of inequality across borders; and how this, in …

We argue that inequality and rapid deunionization are related, and that skill-biased technical change has been an … important factor in deunionization as well as in the rise in inequality. Skill-biased technical change causes deunionization … support of unions. Our approach implies that although deunionization is not the underlying cause of the increase in inequality …

and inequality. The reason is that product market integration enhances export possibilities through easier access to …

Cross-country evidence on inflation and inequality suggests that they are positively correlated. I explore the …

Is inequality harmful for growth? We suggest that it is. In a society where distributional conflict is important … negative relation between inequality and growth. After a comprehensive sensitivity analysis, we conclude that our findings are …