technological non convexity exists. It follows that certain households are poverty trapped, that the initial distribution of wealth …

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the impact of inequality on economic growth. Both theoretical and … part of the literature that considers inequality detrimental to growth, more recent studies have challenged this result and … found a positive effect of inequality on growth. This paper contributes to the debate by using meta-analytical techniques to …

-biased technological progress and use cross-country panel data on inequality and GDP to test these ideas. A one-year increase in the level …

aim to reflect local perceptions of poverty. This paper demonstrates how such a measure can be constructed, using data … from a field experiment on poverty targeting in Indonesia. It then explores the potential impact of using this welfare … used as a meaningful basis for targeting and poverty measurement. …

Time varying patterns in US growth are analyzed using various univariate model structures, starting from a naive model … conditional variance are specified together with their interaction, including survey data on expected growth in order to … forecasting performance of the various model specifications. The extension of a basic growth model with a constant mean to models …

This paper puts forward a method to estimate average economic growth, andits associated confidence bounds, which does …

Meritocratic fairness justifies inequality when it stems from performance. Yet performance is influenced by one … generating performance inequality. In an incentivized online experiment, impartial spectators can redistribute the earnings that … generating performance inequality. …

-level preferences for inequality aversion, average vs total welfare maximisation, and minimum 'critical level' thresholds. By combining … (n=115, obs.=5,060), we find that 98.7% of respondents are inequality averse, prioritising the worst-off at the expense …