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 …

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 …

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 …

Empirical evidence on the relationship between a country?s wealth inequality and economic growth is ambiguous. This … growth. Moreover, the impact of wealth inequality on economic growth is through the supply of human capital as well as the … demand for better quality goods. Hence, the relationship between wealth inequality and economic growth is non-linear. …

In this paper we investigate the relationship between inequality and the environment in a growing economy from a … political economy perspective. We consider an endogenous growth economy, where growth generates pollution and a deterioration of … the environment. Public expenditures may either be devoted to supporting growth or abating pollution. The decision over …

intergenerational inequality aversion and for risk aversion. If growth increases (reduces) intra-generational inequality, the SDR is … lower (higher) and the SCC higher (lower) than along an inequality-neutral growth path, especially if intra-generational and …A formula is derived for the social cost of carbon (SCC) that takes account of intragenerational income inequality and …

addressing this challenge and providing methods for ethical poverty, welfare, and inequality comparisons with univariate ordered …

points in the poverty headcount as well as a decline of 0.32 points in the Gini coefficient. …

. Inequality and poverty changes were not affected by imputation. We took advantage of the methodology proposed to input rents and … methods. In 2015, 2.5 per cent of the sample had per capita incomes imputed, resulting in slightly higher levels of inequality …