unimodal one, the evolution of the health distribution has preceded that of income, global inequality and poverty has decreased …, global inequality and poverty would be substantially underestimated if the dependence between the income and health … indicates that global inequality would be underestimated if within-country inequality is not taken into account. Moreover …

persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … to overall income inequality increased from 20 percent in 1990 to over 70 percent in 1998 and the persistence of poverty … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that …

modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …

can thus increase inequality in the long-run. Depending on the elasticity of substitution between capital and unskilled … show that including the transition period in the welfare evaluation lowers the inequality effects of capital tax reduc …