This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth, inequality and redistribution. In a cross-country setting … the short run. To estimate the impact of redistribution to low-income earners, we introduce a new measure, the so …-called net benefit share (NBS). Contrary to other findings, we show that this (targeted) redistribution to lowincome earners (Q1 …

This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth, inequality and redistribution. In a cross-country setting … the short run. To estimate the impact of redistribution to low-income earners, we introduce a new measure, the so …-called net benefit share (NBS). Contrary to other findings, we show that this (targeted) redistribution to low income earners (Q1 …

This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … period 1970-2014 and employ an IV approach to deal with the endogeneity of globalization measures. We find that the link … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive …

This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … period 1970-2014 and employ an IV approach to deal with the endogeneity of globalization measures. We find that the link … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive …

correlated with faster and more durable growth, for a given level of redistribution. 3. Redistribution appears generally benign … on growth. Thus the combined direct and indirect effects of redistribution – including the growth effects of the … between redistribution and growth. The best available macroeconomic data do not support that conclusion …

An influential paper by Berg et al., 'Redistribution, inequality, and growth: new evidence', uses the SWIID data to … examine the impact of inequality and redistribution on growth in both developing and developed countries. It finds that while … inequality is harmful for growth, redistribution does not hamper growth. This comment demonstrates that the redistribution and …

the relationship between income redistribution (measured by the ratio of the income distribution resulting from market … processes and the income distribution after redistribution) and ethno-linguistic fractionalization. We find that the impact of … ethno-linguistic fractionalization on income redistribution is conditional on the level of economic freedom: countries that …

the relationship between income redistribution (measured by the ratio of the income distribution resulting from market … processes and the income distribution after redistribution) and ethno-linguistic fractionalization. We find that the impact of … ethno-linguistic fractionalization on income redistribution is conditional on the level of economic freedom: countries that …