The spectacularly early decline of French fertility is one of the great puzzles of economic history. There are no … convincing explanations for why France entered a fertility transition over a century before anywhere else in the world. This … analysis links highly detailed individual level fertility life histories to wealth at death data for four rural villages in …

income and fertility. Finally, capital accumulation introduces strong inequalities in taxation. The paper relies on …

, circular and retroactive relationships with globalization, growth and poverty. The objective of this paper is to establish a …

display rather conflicting results. Most cross-country studies find a weak impact of globalization on income inequality. In …We review the theoretical and empirical economic literature upon income inequality in emerging countries. We firstly …, Stolper-Samuelson) and the new explanations. In the latter, globalization and globalization-driven technological changes are …

We examine the determinants of income inequality and mobility in a Ramsey model with elastic labor supply. Individuals …