This study explores the extent to which inequality affects the impact of income growth on the rates of poverty changes … on poverty reduction as a decreasing function of initial inequality. The impacts are similar in direction for SSA and non …, depending on inequality. Nevertheless, the income-growth elasticity is substantially less for SSA, implying relatively small …

This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its … and in income inequality. The other contribution is a decomposition methodology that explores linkages between three …

This paper looks into the interrelation between economic growth, inequality, and poverty. Using the notion of pro …

We describe a new method of facilitating inequality and poverty analysis of grouped distributional data by allowing … counterparts, then by comparing the true and generated values of the Gini coefficient and other inequality indices. The results …

liberalization appears to have made a significant contribution towards a reduction in wage inequality. These effects have not …

While standard political economy theories suggest a moderating effect of democratization on income inequality … first, that prevailing ideology may be an important determinant of inequality and, second, that the democratization effect … income groups, hence democratization may have only a negligible effect on inequality. On the other hand, in societies where …

We examine the determinants of income mobility and inequality in a Ramsey model with elastic labor supply and … relationship between mobility and inequality is complex. For example, a reduction in the interest rate and an increase in the wage … rate reduce capital income inequality and allow upward mobility of the ability-rich. However, the increase in the labor …