What has happened to inequality between and within countries since 1990? In this paper we explore who have been the … winners and losers from global growth since 1990. We find that falls in total global inequality in the last 30 years are … predominantly attributable to rising prosperity in China. We also identify a persistent global structure of two relatively …

Although it is often argued that wealth inequality matters more for economic growth than income inequality, this … timeframe. Leveraging hitherto unexploited wealth inequality data from the World Inequality Database, covering a panel of 165 … at the top of the distribution and economic growth. A one standard deviation increase in wealth inequality within …

case studies rather than cross-country regression analysis; (ii) the phenomenon of increasing inequality; (iii) different …) alternative modes of redistribution in face of inequality increasing tendencies. …

population growth rates produce better outcomes. China and India play a central role on poverty reduction and global inequality … poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future …

China's rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled … the past decade, China has made substantial investments in producing it. The egalitarian access to medium skilled … education characteristic of the pre-reform era has given rise to substantial inequality in access to higher levels of education …

its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …In this paper, we analyse the relationship between China's structural transformation and the inclusiveness of its … economic growth. China's economy has undergone significant structural changes since it initiated the economic reforms in 1978 …