on economic growth is affected by wealth inequality.  The results suggest (a) that opening to trade tends to accelerate … growth but (b) that the addition to growth depends inversely on the level of wealth inequality prior to opening.  These … findings confirm the general importance for rapid growth in developing countries of reducing inequality of opportunity. …

countries, with emphasis on the role of income inequality.  The focus is on the period since the early-mid-1990s when growth in …-growth story.  While in the majority of countries, growth was the major factor behind falling or increasing poverty, inequality …, high initial levels of inequality limit the effectiveness of growth in reducing poverty while growing inequality reduces …

Surprisingly little is known about the impact of resource booms on income inequality in resource rich countries (Ross … growth, to explain the time path of inequality following a resource boom.  Under plausible conditions, we find that income … inequality will fall in the short run immediately after a boom, and will then increase steadily over time as the economy grows …

This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large …. Earnings data for thirty-one cohorts reveals striking evidence of a secular rise of intra-generational inequality in lifetime … earnings: West-German men born in the early 1960s are likely to experience about 80 % more lifetime inequality than their …

This paper aims to deepen our understanding of the determinants of income inequality in Uganda. Over the past 10 years … contribution of each income source to overall inequality; (ii) Decomposition of consumption expenditure into subgroups in order to … examine the contribution of each subgroup to overall inequality using their between- and within-subgroup components, both …

, inequality and well-being. However, much research on these issues remains fragmented and, in particular, the intellectual barrier …

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 …

inequality indices when estimated from complex survey data. It turns out that this method also greatly simplifies the …

, redistribution is from rich to poor. Increasing inequality increases redistribution. However, under different assumptions about the … economic environment, redistribution may not be simply rich to poor, and inequality need not increase redistribution. Several …