of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital accumulation, income and inequality … 20 percent in the shortrun, and by more than 55 percent after 50 years. The world average index of inequality decreases … identifying assumptions. We also analyze partial liberalization shocks: efficiency and inequality effects are roughly proportional …

This article traces inequality and numeracy development in the regions of Chile during the 19th and early 20th century …. Inequality, measured with anthropometric methods, was associated with a lower speed of human capital formation. Not all talents …

We analyze inequality and mobility across generations in a dynastic economy. Nurture, in terms of bequests and the … nature affect mobility and the transmission of income inequality across generations, thus complementing the vast empirical …

effects on growth and on the evolution of income inequality; (ii) raising the consumption tax generates about as much economic … reduces inequality by more than utilizing the consumption tax. Hence, there is growth-inequality trade-off. …

There is no consensus on how to measure social welfare and inequality when households have different needs. As we show …-order importance for social welfare, but generally plays a minor role in the measurement of inequality. To address this impasse, we …

progress on growth and relate these results to the income distribution inequality. Third, we provide numerical simulations to …