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On the impact of inequality on growth, human development, and governance

Ferreira, Ines A.; Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Tarp, Finn - 2021

Countering recent rises in many countries of inequality in income and wealth is widely recognized as a major … literature by taking stock and providing an overview of current knowledge of the impact of income inequality on three important … outcomes: economic growth, health and education as two dimensions of human development, and governance, with a focus on …

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Growth and poverty reduction in Tanzania

Arndt, Channing; Demery, Lionel; McKay, Andrew D.; … - 2015

poverty over the period, and what poverty reduction there has been has mostly occurred in Dar es Salaam. Indicators of non …-monetary poverty have gradually improved over the past 20 years but significant differences across the country remain. …

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Global interpersonal inequality : trends and measurement

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Roope, Laurence; Tarp, Finn - 2014

interpersonal inequality during 1975-2005 are measured using data from UNU-WIDER’s World Income Inequality Database. In order to … is a complex one. In particular, we demonstrate that the changes in China’s and India’s income distributions over the …

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The global inequality boomerang

Kanbur, Ravi; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo; Sumner, Andrew - 2022

In this paper we argue that the decline in global inequality over the last decades has spurred a 'sunshine' narrative of falling global inequality that has been rather oversold, in the sense, we argue, it is likely to be temporary. We argue the decline in global inequality will reverse due to...

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Ordinal multidimensional inequality

Sonne-Schmidt, Christoffer; Tarp, Finn; Østerdal, Lars … - 2013

apply the model to childhood poverty in Mozambique. …

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Inequality in China : development, transition, and policy

Li, Shi; Sicular, Terry; Tarp, Finn - 2018

In this paper we describe the major trends in China's income inequality over the past 40 years and explain them as the … story, in which changes in income distribution result from the shift from plan to market. Third is incomplete transition …, with opportunities for rent-seeking, corruption, and hidden income. Fourth is the story of government efforts to moderate …

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How polarized is the global income distribution?

Roope, Laurence; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Tarp, Finn - 2018

global inequality by providing the first estimates of the level of bipolarization of the global income distribution. During …

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Inequality of opportunity and intergenerational persistence in Latin America

Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2023

, summarizing results for both income and educational outcomes. We find that, whereas the income mobility literature is hampered by …

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Global income polarization : relative and absolute perspectives

Jordá, Vanesa; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Roope, Laurence; … - 2023

-2020. The study relies on group data to implement a flexible parametric model to obtain the global income distribution and … reflects whether individuals cluster with peers of similar income or are segregated from different income groups. Consequently …

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Ghana : Poverty reduction over thirty years

McKay, Andrew D.; Pirttilä, Jukka; Tarp, Finn - 2015

consumption poverty and non-monetary poverty outcomes over this period, showing improvements in almost all indicators over this …-monetary outcomes, remains an important concern. This increase in inequality is one reason why growth has not led to faster poverty …

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