effects on growth and on the evolution of income inequality; (ii) raising the consumption tax generates about as much economic … reduces inequality by more than utilizing the consumption tax. Hence, there is growth-inequality trade-off. …

Countering recent rises in many countries of inequality in income and wealth is widely recognized as a major … development challenge. This is so from an ethical perspective and because greater inequality is perceived to be detrimental to key … development aims. Still, an informed debate on the effects of inequality requires clear evidence. This review contributes to the …

This paper examines the nature and evolution of horizontal and vertical human-capital inequality in South Africa since … inequality has been falling in South Africa although with significant variation across the country. Finally we examine the … relationship between changing inequality over time and electoral outcomes. We find that vertical inequality amongst youth is very …

understanding horizontal inequality and indigenous politics. This paper presents new analysis of survey data, allowing for …

We examine inequality convergence over the past three decades and ask if environmentally related impacts on health, and … their effect on human capital, are responsible for the slow rate of inequality reduction in countries. Though higher initial … incidence of environmentally related impacts on health simultaneously worsens the rate of inequality reduction, we find that …

In this paper we reassess the relationship between inequality and human development, focusing on the differential … distributive data consistent across countries and over time (World Income Inequality Database companion datasets). We show how the … concentration of income at the bottom and top, rather than overall inequality, is negatively associated with human development. This …

countries. Labour market literature has focused on the demand side of FDI; that is, increasing wage inequality by demanding more … effects of FDI, but finds positive demand side effect of FDI of raising wage inequality and average wages. The results remain …