-country panel dataset containing detailed information on the distribution of income and expenditures. When the size of the middle … class increases (measured as the proportion of people with income above 10 US Dollars a day in PPP terms), social policy on … than those of lower poverty, lower inequality, or higher GDP per capita. -- poverty ; middle class ; income ; institutions …

This article analyzes income redistribution in the inter-ethnic context. The model shows that redistribution in favor … demonstrates that income redistribution, although financed by taxes levied on the skilled, generates a mechanism that, via its …

-country panel dataset containing detailed information on the distribution of income and expenditures. When the size of the middle … class increases (measured as the proportion of people with income above 10 US Dollars a day in PPP terms), social policy on …

When income is redistributed at national level, the minimum requirement is that the transfers should be progressive … transfer is minimized. This implies taking into account countries' national income distributions, that is penalizing countries …

Based on stylized evidence showing variation of the Gini coefficient of income inequality across skill cohorts and on … the rapid rise in trade in technology-intensive goods, the ripple effects of technology transmission and income inequality … capability, better governance and institutions, technological symmetry and social acceptance - causes income to increase and …

- and middle-income groups to consume an array of products and services that they otherwise would not be able to afford …

complement this survey with data on income inequality dating back to early 1800s and current institutional environment, such as …