outcomes. It finds that while poverty has fallen across the region over the last two decades, inequality has increased …

combination, on GDP and inequality. We focus on three dimensions of financial inclusion: access (determined by the size of … model to a firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for six countries at varying degrees of economic … inclusion, GDP, inequality, and the distribution of gains and losses. …

exogenous variations in trade-weighted world income and international oil price shocks as instruments for within … findings indicate that increases in national income have a significant moderating effect on income inequality: a one percent … robust across income levels, different time horizons, and alternative estimation techniques. From a policy perspective, our …

Despite the rapid economic growth and poverty reduction, inequality in Asia worsened during last two decades. We focus …

dynamic measure permits us to focus on inequality as well as distinguish between countries where per capita income growth was …

question. This paper analyzes the effects of fiscal policies on income inequality in a panel of advanced and emerging market … fiscal consolidations are likely to raise inequality through various channels including their effects on unemployment …. Spending-based consolidations tend to worsen inequality more significantly, relative to tax-based consolidations. The …

This paper uses the Shapley Value decomposition technique to assess the factors behind the rise of inequality in China …. It finds that, in many ways, inequality may have been an inevitable by-product of China’s investment and export …-led growth model. Between Chinese households, we find that the most important factors explaining income inequality are location …

We document the evolution of poverty and inequality across Indian states during the recent period of rapid growth (2004 …

and equality on the other. Indeed, there is a strong case for considering inequality and an inability to sustain economic … the previous SDN on inequality and growth by focusing on the role of redistribution. It finds that, from the perspective …