This paper investigates the main determinants of income inequality in transition countries during the period 1990 … inequality: the potential endogeneity of income growth, which is largely ignored by most empirical studies. We adopt a two … relationship between income inequality and the level of economic development. We also find that the redistributive impact of fiscal …

inequality (Furceri, Loungani, Ostry and Pizzuto, 2020). In this paper, we show that the extent of fiscal consolidation in the … inequality. Episodes marked by extreme austerity-measured using either the government's fiscal balance, health expenditures or … redistribution-have been associated with an increase in the Gini measure of inequality three times as large as in episodes where …

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 …

speed up the decline in inequality levels and reduce poverty. This study presents an exhaustive and comprehensive analysis …

Fiscal policy is central to not only macroeconomic stability and growth, but also to poverty and inequality reduction … Turkey's achievements against peer countries. The results show that fiscal policy significantly reduces income inequality in … countervail the inequality-increasing impact of indirect taxes. At the bottom of the income distribution, targeted transfers are …