This paper describes the correlations between inequality and the growth rates in cross-country data. Using non …-parametric methods, we show that the growth rate is an inverted U-shaped function of net changes in inequality: Changes in inequality (in … this non-linearity is sufficient to explain why previous estimates of the relationship between the level of inequality and …

, we find no evidence that SMEs alleviate poverty or decrease income inequality …

person in the world. We then estimate the gaussian kernel density function for the worldwide distribution of income. We … compute world poverty rates by integrating the density function below the poverty lines. The $1/day poverty rate has fallen … million less poor people in 1998 than there were in the 70s. We estimate global income inequality using seven different …

forces thought to have an impact on inequality can be offset or reinforced" by demography, skill supply and globalization … impact on GDP per capita growth. The answers to these two questions are sought by" looking at inequality and growth … experience in the Old World, the New World last century and a half …

inequality, by fueling social discontent, increases socio-political instability. The latter, by creating uncertainty in the … politico-economic environment, reduces investment. As a consequence, income inequality and investment are inversely related … inequality and growth. We measure socio-political instability with indices which capture the occurrence of more or less violent …

-determination of growth and income inequality in both the closed and open economy, as well as the spillover effects of policy and …