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This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, poverty and global and international inequality. A discussion of data quality, data consistency,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262015
This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, poverty and global and international inequality. A discussion of data quality, data consistency,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319096
If Piketty's main theoretical prediction (r>g leads to rising wealth inequality) is taken to its radical conclusion …, then a small elite will own all wealth if capitalism is left to its own devices. We formulate and calibrate a Post …-Keynesian model with an endogenous distribution of wealth between workers and capitalists which permits such a corner solution of all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011927150
Pooling data for 1905 to 2000, we find no systematic relationship between top income shares and economic growth in a panel of 12 developed nations observed for between 22 and 85 years. After 1960, however, a one percentage point rise in the top decile's income share is associated with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003960089
A key question in social sciences relates to the effect of wealth inequality on economic growth. Yet, in analyzing this … issue, researchers have had to use income as a proxy for wealth. We derive a global measure of wealth inequality from Forbes … political connections in generating wealth, entrepreneurs who did not use such connections, and those who inherited wealth. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013019067
A fundamental question in social sciences relates to the effect of wealth inequality on economic growth. Yet, in … tackling the question, researchers have had to use income as a proxy for wealth. We derive a global measure of wealth … and poverty. We find that wealth inequality reduces economic growth, but when we control for the fact that some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036783
A fundamental question in social sciences relates to the effect of wealth inequality on economic growth. Yet, in … tackling the question, researchers have had to use income as a proxy for wealth. We derive a global measure of wealth … and poverty. We find that wealth inequality reduces economic growth, but when we control for the fact that some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061938
Since the late twentieth century there has been a growing interest in academic and political circles on inequality. In this paper, we develop a systematic analysis of the literature on this topic published in economic journals since the 1950s. This is done through an innovative approach that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012649090
A fundamental question in social sciences relates to the effect of wealth inequality on economic growth. Yet, in … tackling the question, researchers have had to use income as a proxy for wealth. We derive a global measure of wealth … and poverty. We find that wealth inequality reduces economic growth, but when we control for the fact that some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211159
The paper analyzes the relationship between income shares, wealth and growth in an environment where positional goods … between profit share and property share and implies a clear-cut distinction between capital and wealth. The interactions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011865744