implications for our understanding of inequality, poverty, inclusivity of growth and development, world economic welfare, and the … distribution has become more relatively equal due to falling inter-country relative inequality, and that by some measures global … "inequality convergence" with previously more equal countries becoming less equal over time and the obverse. We provide support …

Since Aristotle, a vast literature has suggested that economic inequality has important political consequences. Higher … inequality is thought to increase demand for government income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization … how high inequality is, how it has been changing, and where they fit in the income distribution. Using a variety of large …

the distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. …

the distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. …

consumption distribution, poverty and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …

distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. …

consumption distribution, poverty, and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …

framework to analyse how income inequality, besides other structural and policy-related features, shapes the trade-off between … inequality and poverty and that the magnitude of the change is larger in more unequal countries. Such a cumulative process shapes …