Thepaper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the … entities with substantial economic autonomy. Two types of regional inequalities are considered: Concept 1 inequality, which is … inequality between mean incomes (GDP per capita) of states/provinces, and Concept 2 inequality, which is inequality between …

Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes and life expectancies as … inequality for 14 ancient, pre-industrial societies using what are known as social tables, stretching from the Roman Empire 14 AD … applies two new concepts in making those assessments - what the authors call the inequality possibility frontier and the …

High inequality in Africa is something of a paradox: Africa should be a low-inequality continent according to the … widely shared. The author's hypothesis is that African inequality is politically determined. Yet in the empirical analysis …, despite the introduction of several political variables, there is still an inequality-increasing"Africa effect"linked to …

The effect of the distribution of political rights on income inequality has been studied both theoretically and … high degree of economic inequality. And democratization in the form of franchise expansion has typically led to an … other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience of …

Inequality between world citizens in mid-19th century was such that at least a half of it could be explained by income … migration is probably the most powerful tool for reducing global poverty and inequality. …

Why does income inequality differ among countries? Using a sample of 80 countries from the 1980s, the author shows that … two types of factors explain variations in income inequality. The first are factors that are, in the short term …"given inequality."The second group of factors are the social-choice factors reflected in the sizeof social transfers and of state …

Standard political economy theories suggest that democratization has a moderating effect on income inequality. But the … argue that prevailing ideology may be an important determinant of inequality and that the democratization effect … democratization may have only a negligible effect on inequality. But in societies that value equality less, democratization reduces …