regulators depart from this simple two-part tariff to address concerns about income inequality. We first show that in theory …, price setters concerned about inequality will charge lower fixed monthly fees and higher per-kWh prices, and increasing …

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 …

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 …

This paper examines the consequences of social security reform for the inequality of consumption across individuals …. The idea is that inequality is at least in part the result of individual risk in earnings or asset returns, the effects of … which accumulate over time to increase inequality within groups of people as they age. Institutions such as social security …