quality. The theoretical model suggests that income inequality, coupled with political bias in favor of the rich, decreases … latter is to decrease it - with resulting ambiguous implications for economic growth. Testing these predictions empirically … in a panel of countries, the paper finds that inequality has a negative effect on both institutional quality and …

their full productive potential -in turn constraining growth and revenues- and makes them more likely to incur public health … Rica, geographic isolation in El Salvador, and educational inequality among the indigenous in Mexico. The book describes …