-2005, examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of these economies. We find that, after … infrastructure reform (mostly consisting of privatization and higher fees) are responsible for this pro-inequality effect while small … evidence that higher government spending as share of GDI reduces inequality. -- inequality ; transition ; economic policy …

forest fires on economic inequality around the world. Using quasi-random spatial and temporal variation in both the incidence … inequality among rural areas. Results indicate that the Gini index in rural areas increases by 13.72 per cent and 22.02 per cent …), respectively. As the number of fire events increases, the impact of fire radiative power on economic inequality is less negative …

Different concepts of inequality lead to different positions in discussions about whether economic growth leads to … increasing inequality. This study investigates how over 1,100 young adults in Mozambique perceive inequality and whether their … believe that inequality in their neighbourhood is too high and that circumstances beyond their control explain why some people …

This paper investigates the importance of accounting for the profile of inequality in the analysis of institutional … literature-a single inequality indicator. Results suggest that total income inequality and institutional trust are positively … associated but this aggregated result hides some troubling countervailing effects. In fact, when the whole profile of inequality …

In this paper we explore the links between international migration and income inequality. After presenting a simple … confirm that inequality-in both origin and destination countries-significantly shapes individual choices about where, and … whether, to migrate. We find that the effect of inequality at both ends of migration corridors is heterogeneous across …