heterogeneity. When altruism heterogeneity is low, income inequality follows an inverse U-shaped pattern relative to the level of … altruism, which is consistent with the cross-country Kuznets curve. When altruism heterogeneity is high, income inequality … linking economic growth and income inequality. …

per capita affect income inequality and how they differ. The results suggest a U-shaped relationship of both measures of … GDP per capita is used, inequality is higher, leading to the conclusion that countries with policies that inflate GDP … behavioral similarity between the income of the richest 10% of population and income inequality. Lastly, there is also a …

In view of rising inequality in fast growing Asian developing countries, it is important to study the relationship … between economic growth and income inequity. We develop a simple model to establish that economic growth and inequality can … bear a complex and non-linear relationship if policy makers try to impact on one (say, inequality) by influencing the other …

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 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. Country-specific studies that focused on labor market inequality have shown that, with a few exceptions, wage …

dramatic drop in cooperation (and growth), when inequality is increased by a selfserving dictator. No such effect is observed … when the inequality is increased by a fair procedure. Our regression analysis provides basic macroeconomic support for the … adverse growth effect of the interaction between the degree and the genesis of inequality. We conclude that economies giving …

In many OECD countries income inequality has risen, but surprisingly redistribution as well. The theory attributes this … 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 …

all variables, thus makes several explicit and novel predictions. This includes how income and inequality depend on …