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 …

problem is at the heart of rational asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality … African countries, inequality in development increases and African may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal … paradigms and underpinnings from Solow-Swan & Boyce-Fofack-Ndikumana. The central argument presented is that the inequality …

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 …

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 … time horizons, or as the economy gets closer to the poverty trap threshold, combining means-tested education and wage …

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 …

asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality increases when the return on capital is …An April 2015 World Bank report on the Millennium Development Goal poverty target has revealed that extreme poverty has …-Swan and Boyce-Fofack-Ndikumana. The central argument presented is that the inequality problem is at the heart of rational …

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 …

We study the relationship between per-capita income and income inequality with a heterogeneous panel co …-51 years and consider measures for both pre-tax and post-tax income inequality; second, we take into account country …-tax income inequality, but no such relationship for post-tax income inequality. Moreover, we find estimates on the country level …