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 …

This paper examines the role of human capital persistence in explaining long-term development. We exploit variation …

This paper examines the role of human capital persistence in explaining long-term development. We exploit variation …

This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …

In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality …

development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …

We explore the role of social mobility as a driver of economic development by constructing a panel data set that …-regional heterogeneity. Our findings show that increasing social mobility had a significant and robust impact on the development of Latin …

We explore the role of social mobility as a driver of economic development. First, we map the geography of … that increasing social mobility had a significant and robust effect on the development of Latin American regions. …

institutions, slavery, farm inequality, and political inequality on long-term development in São Paulo. The principal findings are … and IV estimates, no negative effect can be found for 1905 inequality on long-term development; (5) political inequality …Brazil is frequently portrayed as exhibiting persistent and structural economic inequality that is rooted in the early …