The COVID-19 pandemic risks exacerbating inequality in Asia. High frequency labor surveys show that the pandemic is … to increase inequalities. As a result, income inequality, which was already high and rising in Asia before the pandemic …

This paper provides evidence of a strong relationship between the short-term dynamics of growth and inequality in … developing economies. We find that reductions in inequality during growth upswings are largely reversed during growth slowdowns … channel through which fluctuations in growth affect future dynamics in inequality. These findings suggest that both the …