We argue that economic inequality harms social provisions for the poor, but that higher political competition can … inequality causes more post-neonatal infant deaths, but only when there is weak political competition. We further show that … government health centers located in constituencies with low political competition and high inequality are disfavored, indicating …

-period consistency type closed-loop planning model that captures interdependence between growth and redistribution. Focusing on fix- flex … mode of price formation and two sources of income inequality viz. wage-profit inequality and inequality in wage earning … for an appropriate choice of strategy of growth with redistribution for removing poverty …

We investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on income levels, poverty, and inequality in both the immediate … than doubled during the lockdown and even after almost two years was slightly higher than before the pandemic. Inequality …

This paper applies a novel inequality estimation method to household consumption expenditure in Mumbai, India. Since … the richest households may be missing in survey data, this reestimated inequality figure takes them into account by … coefficient of 0.447 underestimates consumption inequality in Mumbai; none of the ten investigated scenarios yields a higher …

Studies of the spatial dimensions of inequality in developing countries are mostly restricted to states, provinces, or … procedure to calculate inequality between and within smaller spatial units in the context of India, taking advantage of census … (spatial) inequality between villages and blocks and to derive (local) inequality within these spatial units. We find that the …

accelerated. There is concern, however, that this growth is being accompanied by rising inequality. We report on a research … project that examines inequality trends and dynamics at the all-India level over three decades up to 2011/12 and contrasts … these with evidence at the level of the village, or the urban block. We further unpack inequality to explore dynamics in …