appears to have caused a high degree of economic inequality, and democratization in the form of franchise expansion has … between other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience …

While standard political economy theories suggest a moderating effect of democratization on income inequality … first, that prevailing ideology may be an important determinant of inequality and, second, that the democratization effect … income groups, hence democratization may have only a negligible effect on inequality. On the other hand, in societies where …

-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. …

This note is motivated by recent arguments made by Martin Feldstein in which the relevance of inequality is dismissed … (if everybody's income goes up, who cares if inequality is up too?), and the argument is made that only poverty … alleviation should matter. This note shows that we all do care about inequality, and to hold that we should be concerned with …

Thepaper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the … entities with substantial economic autonomy. Two types of regional inequalities are considered: Concept 1 inequality, which is … inequality between mean incomes (GDP per capita) of states/provinces, and Concept 2 inequality, which is inequality between …

Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes and life expectancies as … inequality for 14 ancient, pre-industrial societies using what are known as social tables, stretching from the Roman Empire 14 AD … applies two new concepts in making those assessments - what the authors call the inequality possibility frontier and the …

High inequality in Africa is something of a paradox: Africa should be a low-inequality continent according to the … widely shared. The author's hypothesis is that African inequality is politically determined. Yet in the empirical analysis …, despite the introduction of several political variables, there is still an inequality-increasing"Africa effect"linked to …