. While economic growth reduced poverty significantly, it was associated with an increase in inequality. Does this increase in … inequality reflect deep-seated inequality of opportunity or efficient incentive structure in a market oriented economy? This … patterns of educational mobility from 1992/93 to 2006, with a special emphasis on the roles played by gender and geography. The …

This paper examines support for reducing inequality and for income redistribution to specific groups in Europe and … of support for reducing inequality …

from 73 percent in 2003 to 47 percent in 2009 accompanied by falling inequality. Consumption growth of the bottom 40 …

reduction, shared prosperity, and changes in inequality in Turkey from 2002 to 2011. The analysis shows that labor markets …

Palanpur also shows, however, that at the village-level a significant increase in income inequality has accompanied … diversification away from the farm. A growing literature argues that such a rise in inequality could affect the fabric of village …

Despite a recent surge in the number of studies attempting to measure inequality of opportunity in various countries …-ante measures of inequality of economic opportunity (IEO) across 41 countries, and of the Human Opportunity Index (HOI) for 39 … countries. It also examines international correlations between these indices and output per capita, income inequality, and …

of measurement error and non-random attrition from the panel. This paper shows that dynamic pseudo-panel methods can be … used to consistently estimate measures of absolute and conditional mobility in the presence of non-classical measurement … is found to be very low in Mexico, suggesting that the high level of inequality found in the cross-section will persist …

paper is an important step toward a better understanding of gender gaps in property ownership in Africa and outlines an … the second generation -- women's daughters and sons. Additionally, gender gaps in property ownership induce allocative …-Saharan Africa to shine a spotlight on gaps between men and women in land and housing (property) ownership and analyze patterns …