We examine the (potentially nonlinear) relationship between inequality and growth using a method which does not require … used (nonlinear) parametric approaches - the economy first expands rapidly with a large decline in inequality, plateaus … when inequality remains relatively stable, and then decreases rapidly with a large increase in inequality. This novel …

We study the relationship between per-capita income and income inequality with a heterogeneous panel co …-51 years and consider measures for both pre-tax and post-tax income inequality; second, we take into account country …-tax income inequality,but no such relationship for post-tax income inequality. Moreover, we find estimates on the country level …

approach to investigate whether trade openness has spurred economic growth in Uganda. The extant literature shows that trade … openness increases economic growth, but this empirical evidence remains contested. Our empirical results on the long … growth. Except for the use of exports to measure trade openness, using openness index and imports to proxy for trade openness …

impact of both trends on long-run economic growth is studied, and results are discussed in light of relevant policy debate. …

partly to the redistributive effect of education spending. In the model income inequality and growth depend in an inverted U … requires more resources, which lowers pre-tax and post-tax income inequality as well as growth. Using consistently defined … inequality in rich countries. It is argued that using some unadjusted inequality measures in growth regressions may yield …