The objective of this work is to analyse the income inequality in the 15 EU countries during the convergence process to … whether the inequality of income has diminished within and between countries over time. Gini's generalised family indices … the results obtained to different degrees of inequality aversion and to different equivalence scales, taking into account …

It is well known from nonlinear aggregation theory that distributions play a central role in the determination of … aggregate relations. This paper establishes a bridge between the aggregation and the inequality and growth literature by …, implying that increases in income inequality may be unambiguously associated with temporary increases in a country’s growth …

penetration. Keywords: cross-section models, income distribution, inequality, international economic order, economic welfare …

This article uses data from the 1998 European Union Household Panel to study economic inequality in Spain. It reports … data on the Spanish distributions of income, labor income, and capital income, and on related features of inequality, such …

international trade theory in its most abstract formulation implies that increased trade and foreign investment should make income …

example, it has been proposed that greater inequality is associated with lower growth, because of the greater redistribution … democracies. The results strongly support the conclusion that countries with greater inequality of factor income redistribute more …

relationship to determine what production structure is simultaneously consistent with facts on growth and income inequality. Our …