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 …

Most recent studies on poverty and inequality in developed countries focus on income. In contrast, this paper presents … trends in consumption-based poverty and inequality in nine member countries of the European Union. During the 1980s, both … poverty and inequality increased in Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium, while decreases in both poverty …

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 …

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 …

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 …