This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the … empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the … forces that determine inequality change, focusing on factor accumulation and structural change. Next it considers the …

constant correction to survey-derived inequality estimates. Underreporting of income by the bottom 50 percent of the world … global poverty and inequality have declined dramatically between 1980 and 2019. Finally, we find that within …-country inequality is falling on average and has been largely constant since the 1990s. …

one following the COVID-19 pandemic, on income inequality and the risk of poverty in Greece. To this end, we also … inequality and relative poverty have deteriorated during the years of crises, implying that the country's response to economic … distribution, we show that income inequality and the risk of poverty increase with growth, implying that the benefits of growth …

given level of poverty is broadly decomposed into an overall inequality component and an overall endowment component in …

This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household income inequality whereas financial development is proxied with financial depth …

Hitherto very few studies on the inequality-finance(investment) nexus have focused on the African continent owing to …

This paper examines how domestic, foreign, private and public investments affect income-inequality through financial … the poor as they diminish estimated household income-inequality. Financial size does not have a significant income … in the literature provide new insights into the finance-inequality nexus. Policy implications are discussed. …

The study assesses the role of financial development on income inequality in a panel of 48 African countries for the …, three indicators of inequality are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. The empirical … hypothesis: a humped shaped nexus between increasing GDP per capita and inequality. Policy implications are discussed. …