We examine the (potentially nonlinear) relationship between inequality and growth using a method which does not require … used (nonlinear) parametric approaches - the economy first expands rapidly with a large decline in inequality, plateaus … when inequality remains relatively stable, and then decreases rapidly with a large increase in inequality. This novel …

We examine the (potentially nonlinear) relationship between inequality and growth using a method which does not require … used (nonlinear) parametric approaches - the economy first expands rapidly with a large decline in inequality, plateaus … when inequality remains relatively stable, and then decreases rapidly with a large increase in inequality. This novel …

In this paper education simultaneously affects growth and income inequality. More education does not necessarily … then decrease growth as well as income inequality, when measured by the Gini coefficient. There is no clear functional … relationship between growth and measured income inequality. The model identifies regimes of this relationship which depend …

partly to the redistributive effect of education spending. In the model income inequality and growth depend in an inverted U … requires more resources, which lowers pre-tax and post-tax income inequality as well as growth. Using consistently defined … inequality in rich countries. It is argued that using some unadjusted inequality measures in growth regressions may yield …

inequality indices when estimated from complex survey data. It turns out that this method also greatly simplifies the …

This paper addresses the estimation of a semiparametric sample selection index model where both the selection rule and … a semiparametric setting, we develop estimators for both the marginal effects and the underlying model parameters. The …