national, state, and district-level figures for overall, within and between consumption inequality. We find an increase in … inequality in India but only since 2004. We also document an increase in between group (or horizontal) inequality over the entire … period. We then investigate the impact of ethnic fragmentation and public good provision on inequality. We hypothesize that …

relative to earlier literature. In particular, we use the latest version of the UNU-WIDER' Income Inequality Database to have … the best available estimates of both pre- and post-redistribution inequality for the largest set of countries and periods …

consumption distribution, poverty, and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …

period. At the same time, inequality has risen over the past 20 years and spatial inequality, in both monetary and non …-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …

This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … over 30 years (1980 to 2010). As there is no clear theoretical relationship between trade (exports) and inequality, and as … inequality can be considered a proxy for 'governance quality', the paper also tests for a threshold in inequality for the effect …

, growth has been accompanied by substantial reduction in poverty, albeit increasing inequality. This development is explained …

countries, with emphasis on the role of income inequality. The focus is on the period since the early/mid-1990s when growth in … story. While in the majority of countries growth was the major factor behind falling or increasing poverty, inequality …, high initial levels of inequality limit the effectiveness of growth in reducing poverty while growing inequality reduces …