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

. Conflicts over land, sowing the seeds for inequality by creating a landed élite living off rents, are especially likely to … curvilinear relationship between native population density and modern income inequality. Finally, using population density as an … instrument for inequality in the former colonies, we demonstrate that there is no causal relationship running from income …

This paper provides an overview of the modern perspective on the relationship between inequality and economic …

interrelationships between inequality and economic growth. This paper develops a simple model to establish that the change in income …, inequality and growth bear a non-linear relationship: for low values of inequality, economic growth rate is an inverted U … result, the relationship between growth and inequality can take the form of a wave. This simple theoretical model is a …

In this paper, we revisit the inequality-growth relationship using an enhanced panel data set with improved inequality …, similar to Forbes we find a significant positive association between inequality and subsequent economic growth in the full … relationship between inequality and growth emerges due to the particular timing of inequality and growth dynamics in transition …

between economic growth and income inequity. We develop a simple model to establish that economic growth and inequality can …) economies are two-fold: first, we observed that for low values of economic growth, inequality and growth bear an inverted U … relationship between growth and inequality can take the form of a wave. Secondly, we examine the issue of the existence of …

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the impact of inequality on economic growth. Both theoretical and … part of the literature that considers inequality detrimental to growth, more recent studies have challenged this result and … found a positive effect of inequality on growth. This paper contributes to the debate by using meta-analytical techniques to …

-biased technological progress and use cross-country panel data on inequality and GDP to test these ideas. A one-year increase in the level …

of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital accumulation, income and inequality … 20 percent in the shortrun, and by more than 55 percent after 50 years. The world average index of inequality decreases … identifying assumptions. We also analyze partial liberalization shocks: efficiency and inequality effects are roughly proportional …

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents ́and childrenś economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of … economic growth and public education is evaluated: both have a positive, significant, and substantial effect on …