In this paper, we use the World Income Inequality Database to assess the main trends in inequality within countries … only a few exceptions, we compare the same inequality concept obtained from the same source in two different years in each … witnessing a decline of inequality as measured by the Gini index, even if once accounted for the fact that inequality increased …

inequality and draws policy implications. Over the past fifty years, credit by banks and other intermediaries to households and … households rather than businesses. Financial expansion fuels greater income inequality because higher income people can benefit …

earnings in finance and the implications for labour income inequality for European countries. Financial sector workers are … relatively small size of the sector limits the contribution that financial sector pay has on income inequality to a small, but …

of these changes has been less important in reducing income inequality. The main driving force of reduced income … inequality has been the fall in returns to education, which at the same time has been one of the important factors to …