quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor … path. Hence, we examine the effectiveness of different development policies to exit the poverty trap. Our numerical …

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 …

In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality …

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of …

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well … experiencing higher income inequality in childhood is associated with lower intergenerational mobility measured in adulthood …

development. In the past half-century, these countries raised agricultural productivity faster than population growth and … displayed sufficient state capability to direct change towards a respectable level of industrial development. In this period …: agriculture, industry, foreign trade and investment, and social development. By using a more socially grounded analytical approach …

Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents´ and children´s economic well … higher inequality in childhood has a negative effect on intergenerational mobility as adults. Furthermore, the influence of …

development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …

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