easy-to-use toolbox. Our method extends standard linearization techniques and is designed to work in cases when inequality … factor-specific productivity shocks shape dynamics of income and consumption inequality …

This paper investigates the relationship between the capital share in national income and personal income inequality … income shares with a broader measure of inequality (Gini coefficient), the positive relationship re-mains but becomes …

inequality (Furceri, Loungani, Ostry and Pizzuto, 2020). In this paper, we show that the extent of fiscal consolidation in the … inequality. Episodes marked by extreme austerity-measured using either the government's fiscal balance, health expenditures or … redistribution-have been associated with an increase in the Gini measure of inequality three times as large as in episodes where …