In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail … such activities, thus exacerbating inequality among a large part of the population. We then survey the existing empirical …

Within developing and newly industrialized countries, rising wage inequality is both common and highly correlated with … model Southern catch-up induces a correlation between rising inequality and export growth. It also induces a shift in trade … patterns that results in skill upgrading and rising inequality in both the South and the North. A rudimentary empirical …

Different beliefs about how fair social competition is and what determines income inequality, influence the … income inequality and choices of redistributive policies …

The 1990's dealt a blow to traditional Heckscher-Ohlin analysis of the relationship between trade and income inequality …, as it became clear that rising inequality in low- income countries and other features of the data were inconsistent with … that model. As a result, economists moved away from trade as a plausible explanation for rising income inequality. In …

We treat rising inequality is an equilibrium outcome in which human capital investment fails to keep pace with rising … each other, magnifying inequality. When skill-biased technical change drives economic growth, greater inequality reduces …