Doris, Aedin; O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Much has been written about the relationship between economic growth and aggregate inequality in recent years. In this … paper we extend this literature by examining whether economic growth affects, not the level, but rather the nature of … inequality. To do this we focus on the Irish economy which experienced a remarkable boom starting in 1994. We analyse the …