Since Aristotle, a vast literature has suggested that economic inequality has important political consequences. Higher … inequality is thought to increase demand for government income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization … how high inequality is, how it has been changing, and where they fit in the income distribution. Using a variety of large …

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the impact of inequality on economic growth. Both theoretical and … part of the literature that considers inequality detrimental to growth, more recent studies have challenged this result and … found a positive effect of inequality on growth. This paper contributes to the debate by using meta-analytical techniques to …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …

Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality … and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for different minimum wage levels on the basis of a … will only have a minor impact on inequality among households with at least one minimum-wage worker. Low wage earners are …

In this paper, we estimate the recent evolution of global interpersonal inequality and examine the effect of omitted … top incomes on the level and direction of global inequality. We propose a methodology to estimate the truncation point of … individuals in hous6000 unehold surveys generate a downward bias in global inequality estimates that ranges between 15 per cent …