excessive flexibility, resulting in suboptimal growth or even self-sustaining technology-inequality traps. Fourth, I examine how … configurations of technology, inequality and redistributive policy are feasible in the long run, when all three are endogenous. I … show in particular how the diffusion of technology leads to the “exporting” of inequality across borders; and how this, in …

dramatic transformations in the past century. While Classical economists advanced the hypothesis that inequality is beneficial … development. Moreover, in contrast to the Classical viewpoint, which underscored beneficial effects of inequality for the growth … process, the modern perspective advanced the hypothesis that inequality may be detrimental for human capital formation and …

Inequality in access to education is known to be a key driver of income inequality in developing countries. Viet Nam, a …

What sparked humanity's leap from stagnation to prosperity? What lies at the core of inequality among nations? Unified … of change that have governed the journey of humanity, driven the growth process, and shaped inequality across the globe … stagnation; and (ii) The Mystery of Inequality - the roots of the vast inequality in the wealth of nations. The theory suggests …

What sparked humanity’s leap from stagnation to prosperity? What lies at the core of inequality among nations? Unified … of change that have governed the journey of humanity, driven the growth process, and shaped inequality across the globe … stagnation; and (ii) The Mystery of Inequality—the roots of the vast inequality in the wealth of nations. The theory suggests …

rising average attendance, while inequality in completion rates or schooling years increases with rising completion rates or … initial inequality in education. At the regional level, educational progress was generally more pro-poor in Asia and Latin … America, while in Africa the experience is very heterogeneous. While gender inequality has decreased slightly, large …

of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital accumulation, income and inequality … 20 percent in the shortrun, and by more than 55 percent after 50 years. The world average index of inequality decreases … identifying assumptions. We also analyze partial liberalization shocks: efficiency and inequality effects are roughly proportional …