This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … of trade (exports) on growth. The findings are that in general trade openness advances growth while inequality reduces … growth. However, when we identify an inequality threshold, we find that inequality is positively associated with growth if …

What is the relationship between inequality and growth? This question has occupied and fascinated social scientists for … interplay between inequality and economic growth. Inequality might come in many forms: (top) incomes, wages, wealth, land, or … potential for growth to 'take off'. We consider causality running from inequality to growth; hence, the Kuznets hypothesis is …

Using illustrations from research on inequality, this paper offers evidence on the strengths of 'behavioural synthesis … and relative inequality have evolved from assumptions of income maximization to status-seeking competition, and to … conclude that methodological pluralism, i.e. scientific integration, is necessary when it comes to understanding inequality and …

appears feasible with moderate growth rates and fairly mild pro-poor distributional change. …

Income inequality in Mexico increased between 1989 and 1994; between 1994 and 2006, inequality declined; and, between … 2006 and 2014, inequality was again on the rise. We apply decomposition techniques to analyse the proximate determinants of … labour income inequality and fiscal incidence analysis to estimate the first-order effects of taxes and social spending on …

institutions, natural resource rents cease to have a negative impact on long-term growth. Institutions in resource-based economies … foster economic growth when voice and accountability are in place; broad-based rule of law is enforced with secure property …

groups (relative to non-exporters). Wage inequality within exporters is not driven by exporting but rather by characteristics …

over the past quarter century. It argues that external liberalization led to faster export growth but not to faster GDP or … productivity growth. Growth also became more volatile, reflecting large vulnerabilities to external shocks. Looking forward, it …

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 …