. Moreover, our calculations suggest that US inequality is above its optimal level. …

inequality, both within and across countries. We find that the welfare costs of inequality are significantly larger than the …-capita consumption, the costs of within-country and cross-country inequality are equivalent to a permanent reduction in per … positive rate of 2.1%) in exchange for the elimination of all within-country inequality. The gains of economic growth are …

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

This research develops a theory about the role of within-country income inequality leading to overtaking in economic … performance among countries. The theory captures two opposing effects of inequality on factor accumulation and suggests that the … inequality, a less egalitarian economy follows a higher growth path in the short run, with a lower growth path in the long run …

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 …

the world system in the 1980s, 1990s, and beyond. This article tries to close this gap by using latest (United Nations and … feminism that substituted patriarchic structures inherent in practically all world regions for much of the 19th and the early …