We study spatial changes in labour market inequality for US states and MSAs using Census and American Community Survey data between 1980 and 2010. We report evidence of significant spatial variations in education employment shares and in the college wage premium for US states and MSAs, and show...

Taxation and the inequality decline in Latin America -- Introduction: taxation and the inequality decline in Latin America -- The taxation and inequality link -- The empirics of taxation and inequality -- Public finance, taxation and inequality -- Macroeconomics, taxation and inequality --...

Taxation and the inequality decline in Latin America -- Introduction: taxation and the inequality decline in Latin America -- The taxation and inequality link -- The empirics of taxation and inequality -- Public finance, taxation and inequality -- Macroeconomics, taxation and inequality --...

There is strong evidence that different income groups consume different bundles of goods. This evidence suggests that trade liberalization can affect welfare inequality within a country via changes in the relative prices of goods consumed by different income groups (the price effect). In this...

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the impact of inequality on economic growth. Both theoretical and empirical approaches have produced ambiguous results on sign and size of this relationship. Although there is a considerable part of the literature that considers inequality...

In this paper, the relation between the equality of income distribution and sustainable development is discussed. This issue is elaborated using theories of justice of John Stuart Mill, John Roemer, John Rawls and Amartya Sen.