25 to 61%. This paper studies the causes of this growth in wages and the changes in wage inequality, the first two … growth and inequality change in East Germany. Most of the increases occur at the beginning of the transition. We compare our … East Germany for men aged 20-60 rose by 118%, while various inequality measures indicate an increase in wage inequality of …

This paper analyses the pre-tax inequality in the income that individuals actually receive in Brazil and the role of … inequality in Brazil but maintain the decreasing inequality trends, even though they are less pronounced than previously measured … cent to 34.4 per cent. Despite strong average income growth, the poorest 50 per cent only made moderate gains, which came …

Shakespeare, this paper examines the relations between poverty levels, economic growth and changes in inequality in Tanzania …Studying the relation between economic growth and income poverty reduction without taking changes in the distribution … during the 1990s. It offers four conclusions. First, the efficiency with which growth reduces poverty increases with a …

growth. This mechanism generates a positive co-movement between inequality and growth. The pattern is weaker in countries …Governments perpetually align their policies to satisfy shifts in voters' relative demand for economic growth versus … social equality. Following such shifts, increases (decreases) in government interventions lower (raise) both inequality and …

inequality. Estimations for India's economic revival are bleak and worsening with recent developments in the global economy. …

of the environment in development, income inequality and the economic conditions in Haiti. Throughout this project, the …

American region. Empirical evidence suggests that macroeconomic shocks can result in substantial increases in inequality and …

This paper documents the income distribution changes experienced by Argentina during the last decades. Inequality … substantially increased, and despite economic growth during some periods, poverty also went significantly up. Two types of episodes … raise in inequality in the 90s seems to be associated to reallocations against unskilled-labor intensive sectors, and …