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How well did Kenyans do under colonial rule?  It is common sense that Kenyans suffered under exploitative colonial policies.  The overall impact, however, is uncertain.  This study presents fresh evidence on nutrition and health in colonial Kenya by (1) using a new and comprehensive data set...
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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Social instability is a concept that economists rarely analyse, and yet it can lurk behind much economic policy-making.  China’s leadership has often publicly expressed its concerns to avoid ‘social instability’.  It is viewed as a threat both to the political order and to...
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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 …
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, inequality and well-being. However, much research on these issues remains fragmented and, in particular, the intellectual barrier …
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that raised aspirations, low social mobility, high income inequality and poverty are intimately related, not separate … aspirations unfulfilled among the educated middle class, (2) increasing income inequality impoverishment of the lower-middle class …
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through a two stage evolution of inequality. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the real wage stagnated while output … prime mover behind the industrial revolution. Capital accumulation was a necessary complement. The surge in inequality was …
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The paper compares Feinstein`s and Clark`s consumer price and real wage indices for the British industrial revolution. The sources for their weights and component price series are evaluated. While some of Clark`s innovations are improvements, many of his changes degrade the price index. A new...
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