Poverty-reducing policies ought to prioritize the "deserving" poor, that is, those who do all that can be reasonably … of poverty indices that address these issues. Formally, poverty is measured by the sum of specific indices of individual … are unwilling to accept a job that brings them out of poverty. …

current level of utility is lower than this value, there is room for growth of both the utility level and the maximin value …. For any resource allocation mechanism (ram) and economic dynamics, growth is limited by the long-run level of the maximin … growth to stop, and the adoption of maximin decisions instead of the current ram. We illustrate this pattern in two canonical …

partly to the redistributive effect of education spending. In the model income inequality and growth depend in an inverted U … requires more resources, which lowers pre-tax and post-tax income inequality as well as growth. Using consistently defined … inequality in rich countries. It is argued that using some unadjusted inequality measures in growth regressions may yield …

theoretical framework for the relationship between structural reforms, economic growth and income inequality. We argue that … and political constraints play crucial roles in determining the effectiveness of reforms on economic growth and income … inequality. We conclude by proposing a 7-point agenda for future research. …

dramatic drop in cooperation (and growth), when inequality is increased by a selfserving dictator. No such effect is observed … adverse growth effect of the interaction between the degree and the genesis of inequality. We conclude that economies giving … equal opportunities to all are not likely to suffer retarded growth due to inequality in the way economies with self …