a MIMIC Base Model using a data set composed by 41 countries in LAC, in which both inequality and total factor … with the literature. When compared with a model using data from 188 countries, inequality has an impact ten-fold higher in …

This paper proposes a pair-wise approach to testing for output convergence that considers all N(N-1)/2 possible pairs … of log per capita output gaps across N economies. A general probabilistic definition of output convergence is also …-2000. Overall, the results do not support output convergence, and suggest that the findings of convergence clubs in the literature …

growth. On average, cities recovered their pre-Plague populations within two centuries. In addition, aggregate convergence …

and have good institutions, well developed financial systems, a high road density, a high income per capita and … trade and low market potential (income per capita). We tentatively conclude that cities are important drivers of FDI and …

growth. On average, cities recovered their pre-Plague populations within two centuries. In addition, aggregate convergence …

Rising income inequalities are widely debated in public and academic discourse. In this paper, we contribute to this … debate by proposing a new family of measures of unfair inequality. To do so, we acknowledge that inequality is not bad per se … fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two …