its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …

excessive flexibility, resulting in suboptimal growth or even self-sustaining technology-inequality traps. Fourth, I examine how … configurations of technology, inequality and redistributive policy are feasible in the long run, when all three are endogenous. I … show in particular how the diffusion of technology leads to the “exporting” of inequality across borders; and how this, in …

This paper focusses on income inequality in Asia, its drivers and policies to combat it. It finds that income … inequality has risen in most of Asia, in contrast to many other regions. While in the past, rapid growth in Asia has come with … equity" miracle. There is a growing consensus that high levels of inequality can hamper the pace and sustainability of growth …