quality. The theoretical model suggests that income inequality, coupled with political bias in favor of the rich, decreases … redistribution and lowers institutional quality. The effect of the former is to increase productive investment, and the effect of the … in a panel of countries, the paper finds that inequality has a negative effect on both institutional quality and …

This working paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries …, including 20 Latin American countries, to explore the effects of political parties on redistribution. First, consistent with a … younger and older parties, older left-wing parties are more likely to internalize the long-run costs of redistribution and to …

inequality and low redistribution can coexist. The theory's assumptions and outcomes are explored empirically using individual …

results provide evidence that the current public health crisis will exacerbate economic inequality, and they are among the rst …

, effort and talents, not to their circumstances at birth. 'Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the … Caribbean' introduces new methods for measuring inequality of opportunities and makes an assessment of its evolution in Latin … for quantifying inequality based on circumstances exogenous to individual efforts. These methods are applied to gauge …