modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …

When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is … that the U-shaped inequality trend over the past century holds up, but with important qualifications. Using measures that …-term income inequality trends. …

modest increase in overall inequality of market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient. However, we also document a … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …

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 …

We study the effects on inequality of a “Piketty transition” to zero growth. In a model with a worker …-capitalist dichotomy, we show first that the relationship between inequality (measured as a ratio of incomes for the two types) and growth … is complicated; zero growth can raise or lower inequality, depending on parameters. Extending our model to include …

profit-driven- and increase wealth inequality. However, the effect on long-run growth is negative, because of the reduced … restore balanced growth in the long run; and the increase in wealth inequality is permanent. The ultimate effect on long …

This paper uses recently published top 1% income share series in studying the inequality-development association. The … opportunity to study slow development processes. The empirical inequality-development studies have started to call into question …