minimum electricity consumption is around 14.6°C for the world and it is higher in urban and more industrial areas; and (3 …

This paper uses the Shapley Value decomposition technique to assess the factors behind the rise of inequality in China …. It finds that, in many ways, inequality may have been an inevitable by-product of China's investment and export …-led growth model. Between Chinese households, we find that the most important factors explaining income inequality are location …

The combination of stagnant growth and high levels of income inequality renewed the debate about whether a more even … distribution of income can spur economic activity. This paper tests for cross-country convergence in income inequality and … empirical challenges plaguing the literature. We find that income inequality is converging across countries, and that its impact …

We show that gender inequality decreases the variety of goods countries produce and export, in particular in low …