East, with special emphasis to the case of Egypt. It has been noted that high inequality might have contributed to the Arab …This paper discusses the data limitations associated with the measurement of top incomes and inequality in the Middle … spring revolt movement. Some studies have argued however that measured inequality in Middle East countries is not …

redistributions decreases with the degree of inequality, at least over some range. Moreover, capital market imperfections make future … high inequality and low redistribution, or vice versa. Temporary shocks to the distribution of income or the political …

This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the US over the … possible rationale for recent inequality developments. …

’ rent-seeking abilities, as well as with the gap between rich and poor. It is not income inequality per se that matters …, however, but inequality in the relative distribution of earning and political power. For each of the three channels of …-country differences in inequality permanent, or gradually narrowing? Equivalently, is there convergence not just in the first moment of …

importance of initial parental conditions (i.e. the driving force behind the persistence of inequality) enhances mobility and … inequality becomes more persistent. The reduction in the concentration of human capital in technologically-advanced sectors …