This paper surveys the empirical literature on the association between growth on inequality in less developed countries …, with a particular emphasis on labor market inequality. Crosscountry studies failed to find a clear link from growth to … inequality increases with growth. The paper argues that the methodologies used in many of the empirical applications, designed to …

between economic growth and income inequity. We develop a simple model to establish that economic growth and inequality can …) economies are two-fold: first, we observed that for low values of economic growth, inequality and growth bear an inverted U … relationship between growth and inequality can take the form of a wave. Secondly, we examine the issue of the existence of …

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 …

growth across the globe. In a large sample of countries, equality in the distribution of income as measured by the World Bank … and by The Standardized World Income Inequality Database are seen to be correlated with economic diversification, the rule … in the World Values Survey, and democracy, all of which are good for growth as reflected in the purchasing power of per …

intergenerational inequality aversion and for risk aversion. If growth increases (reduces) intra-generational inequality, the SDR is … lower (higher) and the SCC higher (lower) than along an inequality-neutral growth path, especially if intra-generational and …A formula is derived for the social cost of carbon (SCC) that takes account of intragenerational income inequality and …

When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is … income growth than the standard measure. We apply these measures to long-term income data from the United States and find … that the U-shaped inequality trend over the past century holds up, but with important qualifications. Using measures that …

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 …

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 …

all variables, thus makes several explicit and novel predictions. This includes how income and inequality depend on … country size; that income growth will be a U-shaped function of initial income thus creating differentiated convergence; and …

specialization and trade on growth and inequality for a small developing country. Among other results, we show that a small … intermediate good, then embed it in a growth model to address the effects of global production fragmentation, vertical … is skilled-labor scarce. We also address the effects of such trade opening on wage inequality. …