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 …

development, financial liberalization and banking crises are related to income inequality. In contrast with most previous work …, our results suggest that all finance variables increase income inequality. The level of financial development conditions … the impact of financial liberalization on inequality. Also the quality of political institutions conditions the impact of …