This paper studies the income inequality and economic development relationship by using unbalanced panel data of OECD and non-OECD countries for the period 1962-2003. The nonparametric estimation results show that income inequality in OECD countries are almost on the backside of the inverted-U...

Evidences from nonparametric and semiparametric unbalanced panel data models with fixed effects show that Kuznets' inverted-U relationship is confirmed when economic development reaches a threshold. The model tests justify semiparametric specification. The integrated net contribution of control...

This paper studies the income inequality and economic development relationship by using unbalanced panel data of OECD and non-OECD countries for the period 1962 - 2003. The nonparametric estimation results show that income inequality in OECD countries are almost on the backside of the inverted-U...