problem is at the heart of rational asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality … African countries, inequality in development increases and African may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal … paradigms and underpinnings from Solow-Swan & Boyce-Fofack-Ndikumana. The central argument presented is that the inequality …

believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy … this must always have been true. Indeed, some have argued that high inequality appeared very early in the post … performance we observe there even today. This paper argues to the contrary. Compared with the rest of the world, inequality was …

asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality increases when the return on capital is …An April 2015 World Bank report on the Millennium Development Goal poverty target has revealed that extreme poverty has …-Swan and Boyce-Fofack-Ndikumana. The central argument presented is that the inequality problem is at the heart of rational …

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of …

We study the relationship between per-capita income and income inequality with a heterogeneous panel co …-51 years and consider measures for both pre-tax and post-tax income inequality; second, we take into account country …-tax income inequality, but no such relationship for post-tax income inequality. Moreover, we find estimates on the country level …

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … experiencing higher income inequality in childhood is associated with lower intergenerational mobility measured in adulthood …

Today, income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa is exceptionally high. In this paper, we study whether present …-day inequality can be traced back to the colonial period by reconstructing income distributions in a sample of representative … and we combine them with available information on British colonies in East and Southern Africa. We find that inequality in …

comparative development. We also show that ethnic inequality goes in tandem with lower levels development also within countries … countries. We construct measures of ethnic inequality combining ethnolinguistic maps on the spatial distribution of groups with … satellite images of light density at night. Ethnic inequality is strongly inversely related to per capita income; this pattern …

This paper provides an overview of the modern perspective on the relationship between inequality and economic … development. …