This paper provides evidence on growth and income poverty in Latin American and the Caribbean. Results are obtained by … economies have experienced very heterogeneous patterns of growth and poverty changes. Most countries in the region have had a … growth have been rare in Latin America in the last 15 years. …

This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth, inequality and redistribution. In a cross-country setting … for 25 EU countries over the period 2007-2019, we show that market income inequality is associated with higher growth in … NBS) boosts growth in the short run, driven by the consumption and private investment channels. On the other hand …

In this article, we show the evolution of inequality for the largest economies of the Latin American region in the 21st … century, with separate consideration of income and wealth. We analyse the drivers of the changes in inequality and possible …

signs of a deceleration in the pace of inequality reduction in Latin America. This paper argues that the deceleration is the … result of two set of reasons. First, several of the driving factors of the fall in inequality in the 2000s have lost strength … early 2010s, making further reductions in inequality more difficult. …

In the great majority of Latin American countries in the 2000s, economic growth took place and brought about … improvements in almost all labour market indicators and consequent reductions in poverty rates. Across countries, economic growth …

An issue of interest in the literature that explores the drivers of inequality is the distributional bearing of tax and … judgements implicit in tax and transfer policy provides a fresh perspective on the evolution of income inequality and … redistribution; one that departs from the prevailing view that UK inequality stopped rising from the early 1990s. …

Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from … income inequality and government size, measured as the government expenditure share in GDP. Using a novel instrument – the … the true role of the government in attenuating income inequality. The estimated relationship between income inequality and …

This paper explores the long-term effect of migration on economic inequality between the 28 EU member states, covering … significant effect on development and economic growth in 28 member states. However, the findings also indicate that some countries …