Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Lakner, Christoph; Lugo, … - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2014
Surveys, to revisit the question of whether inequality is associated with economic growth and, in particular, to examine … whether inequality of opportunity – driven by circumstances at birth - has a negative effect on subsequent growth. Results are … suggestive but not robust: while overall income inequality is generally negatively associated with growth in the household survey …