We review the theoretical and empirical literature on the relationship between inequality and economic growth from the … country and the underlying mechanisms that explain it. Different mechanisms relating inequality and economic growth can be at … of transmission of inequality to growth in the Portuguese economy. Ideally, all the mechanisms selected should be tested …

This paper provides evidence of the changing attitudes to inequality during transition to the market in Poland. Using … repeated cross-sections of the population, it identifies a structural break in the relationship between income inequality and … satisfaction. Whereas in the first stage of the transition process, an increase in income inequality was interpreted by the …

of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital accumulation, income and inequality … 20 percent in the short-run, and by more than 55 percent after 50 years. The world average index of inequality decreases … identifying assumptions. We also analyze partial liberalization shocks: effi ciency and inequality e¤ects are roughly proportional …