there is much concern about local capture in communities with large inequality, the ease of identifying the poor could …

model also generates new empirical implications on the joint dynamics of income inequality, output and political variables. …

theoretical model in which it is positively related to income inequality, more so under weak institutions, and is negatively … informal sector, income inequality, and institutional quality. The results are shown to be robust with respect to a variety of …

This Paper presents theory and evidence on the relationship between inequality and institutional quality. We exhibit a …

or societal laws benefiting religious citizens. Rising income inequality can, however, lead some of the rich to form a …

One often heard counter to the concern on rising income and wealth inequality is that it is wrong to focus on … inequality of outcomes in a “snapshot.” Intergenerational mobility and “equality of opportunity”, so the argument goes, is what … lower inequality not between individuals but between the dynasties to which they belong? And how does this pattern in turn …