obtain measures for global inequality and poverty as well as global growth incidence curves. …

In this paper we investigate the impact of macroeconomic variables on income inequality. Using data from the German … impact of the macroeconomy on inequality. In fact, the dominating driver of inequality seems to be a time trend. Nevertheless …, estimating a vector-error-correction-model allows us to gauge the effect the financial crisis has on inequality. Assuming that …

inequality induces more government redistribution; (2) more government redistribution is financed by higher distortionary … inequality-growth transmission channel they propose, must therefore be assessed as overly simplistic and inadequate with respect …

approach to inequality measurement when defining pro-poor growth. With a relative approach to pro-poor growth it is assumed … that inequality does not to vary when all incomes are multiplied by a constant whereas, with an absolute approach to pro …-poor growth, inequality is supposed not to vary when an equal sum is added to all incomes. The empirical illustration covers the …

This paper examines the relationship among poverty, economic growth, and inequality by decomposing poverty changes at …

-level datasets, as well as datasets reconstructed from grouped data on income distribution taken from the World Income Inequality … growth in the short term, while the impact of income inequality on growth is statistically insignificant. Our results are …

This study explores the link between environmental degradation, economic growth and income inequality within the … framework of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) literature. To investigate this issue, we examine how inequality affects … (OLS) model that has been used in the literature on this subject. Using a FE model we find that inequality has always a …

investments lead over time to a progressive reduction in inequality. Finally, the framework we describe enables us to formalize …

Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality … change in income, inequality, and poverty over the 15 year period and investigates the determinants of poverty. It is found …