growth and output, the effect of institutions on development, the costs of fractionalization, and research on the policies of …

Today, income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa is exceptionally high. In this paper, we study whether present …-day inequality can be traced back to the colonial period by reconstructing income distributions in a sample of representative … and we combine them with available information on British colonies in East and Southern Africa. We find that inequality in …

comparative development. We also show that ethnic inequality goes in tandem with lower levels development also within countries … countries. We construct measures of ethnic inequality combining ethnolinguistic maps on the spatial distribution of groups with … satellite images of light density at night. Ethnic inequality is strongly inversely related to per capita income; this pattern …

, intermediate and proximate causes of growth and development. …

comparative development. We also show that ethnic inequality goes in tandem with lower levels development within countries. Using … countries. We construct measures of ethnic inequality combining ethnolinguistic maps on the spatial distribution of groups with … satellite images of light density at night. Ethnic inequality is strongly inversely related to per capita income; this pattern …

interpersonal trust is necessary for economic development. To investigate the ability of policy-makers to affect trust levels, this … increase freedom of association, build civic cultures, enhance contract enforcement, reduce income inequality, and raise … efficiently and robustly stimulate prosperity. They do this by strengthening the rule of law, reducing inequality, and by …

believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy … this must always have been true. Indeed, some have argued that high inequality appeared very early in the post … performance we observe there even today. This paper argues to the contrary. Compared with the rest of the world, inequality was …

This paper uses recently published top 1% income share series in studying the inequality-development association. The … opportunity to study slow development processes. The empirical inequality-development studies have started to call into question … spline methods. The association between top 1% share and development is found to experience a reversal at later stages of …