Using two unifying models and an empirical exercise, this paper presents and extends the main theories linking income distribution and growth, as well the relevant empirical evidence.

This paper aims to explain the significant variations in the social contracts which can be observed across nations. It shows in particular how countries with similar technologies and preferences, as well as equally democratic political systems, can sustain very different avrage and marginal tax...

We study the problem of ranking distributions of opportunity sets on the basis of equality.