This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its … contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of a new measure of pro-poor growth, which links growth rates in mean income … and in income inequality. The other contribution is a decomposition methodology that explores linkages between three …

Growth that reduces poverty is often considered pro-poor regardless of whether the poor benefit from it more than the … non-poor. Such growth could simply be termed poverty-reducing growth. This paper argues that for growth to be pro-poor it … should disproportionally benefit the poor. The paper proposes an operational definition of pro-poor growth that restricts it …

Productivity and socio-economic progress are inter-connected. Economic growth funds policies that promote socio …-economic progress, while the latter serves as a growth engine. A society with high mobility is one where individual achievements are …-2011), we identify the causal effect of intergenerational mobility on household expenditure's future growth. We find that …

relationship between inequality and growth, the role of agriculture in the development process, the relationships between ethnicity …This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the … empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the …

Productivity and socio-economic progress are inter-connected. Economic growth funds policies that promote socio …-economic progress, while the latter serves as a growth engine. A society with high mobility is one where individual achievements are …-2011), we identify the causal effect of intergenerational mobility on household expenditure’s future growth. We find that …

This paper contributes to the debate over the relationship between inequality and growth by proposing that the … inequality exert a positive correlation with economic growth while high levels have a negative one. Additionally, and more … importantly, it is demonstrated the existence of an optimal rate of inequality (ORI) that maximizes growth rates and releases the …

Overall growth rates mean different things to different people. Hence, they can easily misrepresent what happens to … distribution of the dividends of growth, not on summary coefficients. The analysis is based on Income-Growth-Curves, which allow to … sustained growth was, but also the distribution of its dividends; and, consequently, to judge progress against a broader …

of economic inequality, (ii) the relationship between economic inequality and growth, and (iii) the desirability and …-level institutional settings. As regards the effects of inequality on growth, outcomes suggest that a positive relationship may exist. …Economic inequality across Europe has been largely investigated by analysing the determinants and dynamics of the …

This paper contributes to the debate over the relationship between inequality and inclusive growth by testing the … proposition of a kinked-non linear relationship between income inequality and economic growth in a country specific context. The … existence of an optimal rate of inequality (ORI) that maximizes growth rates and releases the economy from any distortion …

This paper contributes to the debate over the relationship between inequality and growth by proposing that the … inequality exert a positive correlation with economic growth while high levels have a negative one. Additionally, and more … importantly, it is demonstrated the existence of an optimal rate of inequality (ORI) that maximizes growth rates and releases the …