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 …

Over the last decades, income inequality has increased globally. How do social policies affect this increasing trend …? How do international trade and technological progress affect inequality? What is the profile of income inequality in China …? Based on quantitative analyses of determinants of income inequality, this study provides a number of new insights into these …