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Wealth inequality and economic growth : evidence from the world inequality database
Steenbrink, Rachel; Skali, Ahmed - 2024
timeframe. Leveraging hitherto unexploited wealth inequality data from the World Inequality Database, covering a panel of 165 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014553772
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Critical remarks on Piketty’s ’Capital in the twenty-first century’
Homburg, Stefan - 2014
This paper is about “Capital in the Twenty-first Century” by Thomas Piketty. It identifies his central macroeconomic claims and examines them, arguing that the contentions are theoretically and empirically unwarranted.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010349913
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'Growth is (Really) Good for the (Really) Rich'
Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. - 2013
data from the World Top Incomes database, which collects top income data from several countries using tax returns as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071344
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What Piketty Said in 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' and How Economists Reacted
De Bonis, Riccardo - 2016
This work rehearses the main themes of Piketty's book and summarizes the debate it triggered. The paper dwells on the rise in the ratio of household wealth to GDP in the rich countries since the 1980s and the role played by the build-up of saving and variations in house and financial asset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978637
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Global distributions of capital and labor incomes : capitalization of the global middle class
Ranaldi, Marco - 2021
constructing a novel database covering approximately the 80% of the global output and the 60% of the world population, two major … findings stand out. First, the world underwent a spectacular process of capitalization. The share of world individuals with … composition of capital and labor income is, therefore, more equal today than it was twenty years ago, and the world is moving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591267
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Social Security, Dead Capital and Economic Inequality
Tracht, Marshall E. - 2021
Economic inequality in America continues to grow, taking on ever greater economic and political importance. The reasons for increasing inequality are complex and widely debated, as are potential policies to address it. This paper focuses on a vital but unrecognized part of the story: how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217855
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century : A Critique of Thomas Piketty's Political Economy
Potter, Michael J - 2015
, especially if taxes and income support are included, in many countries in the developing world and the US. A focus on inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030653
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Property's Effect on Economic Inequality – Property, Piketty, and Capitalism
Forbes, Lucas - 2022
This Article examines property law’s effect on economic inequality, particularly centered on Thomas Piketty’s findings in Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Piketty finds that when the rate of return on capital is greater than economic growth, capital concentrates among the wealthy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013296986
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Does wealth inequality matter for growth? : the effect of billionaire wealth, income distribution, and poverty
Bagchi, Sutirtha; Švejnar, Jan - 2013
A fundamental question in social sciences relates to the effect of wealth inequality on economic growth. Yet, in tackling the question, researchers have had to use income as a proxy for wealth. We derive a global measure of wealth inequality from Forbes magazine's listing of billionaires and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211159
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Does Wealth Distribution and the Source of Wealth Matter for Economic Growth? Inherited v. Uninherited Billionaire Wealth and Billionaires’ Political Connections
Bagchi, Sutirtha - 2015
A key question in social sciences relates to the effect of wealth inequality on economic growth. Yet, in analyzing this issue, researchers have had to use income as a proxy for wealth. We derive a global measure of wealth inequality from Forbes magazine's listing of billionaires and decompose it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013019067