through which voters in more unequal countries re-distribute a greater proportion of income and thus (it is argued), by … the distribution of (pre-tax and transfer) factor income across households, and hence on the exact amount of gain by the … income redistribute more in favor of the poor - even when the analysis controls for the older people's share in total …

Using data from Mexico, the authors study empirically the link between trade policy and individual income risk and the … extent to which this varies across workers of different human capital (education) levels. They use longitudinal income data … on workers to estimate time-varying individual income risk parameters in different manufacturing sectors in Mexico …

Inequality between world citizens in mid-19th century was such that at least a half of it could be explained by income … differences between workers and capital-owners in individual countries. Real income of workers in most countries was similar and …, the situation has changed fundamentally: more than 80 percent of global income differences is due to large gaps in mean …

Suppose that all people in the world are allocated only two characteristics: country where they live and income class …'s global income position (percentile in world income distribution) is explained by only these two pieces of information. Mean … country income (circumstance) explains 60 percent, and income class (both circumstance and effort) 30 percent of global income …

that free trade agreements between low-income countries tend to lead to divergence in member country incomes, while … agreements between high-income countries tend to lead to convergence. Changes introduced by comparative advantage may be …"north-south"free trade agreements, because"north-south"agreements increase their prospects for convergence with high-income members of the …

Using the 1992 Bulgarian household budget survey, the authors analyze the distribution of income and of the income tax … burden by income and expenditure class and by rural-urban sector. They find: 1) Low income inequality (although that is … changing rapidly). 2) A progressive income tax system. The poor (the lowest two-income decile) pay only 1.4 percent of their …

Over the past decade (2003-12), Latin America has experienced strong income growth and a notable reduction in income … of such a decline, and this paper presents evidence of stagnation in the pace of reduction of income inequality in Latin … the impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Mexico and Central America, where inequality rose after 2010 as labor income …

The author implements several inequality decomposition methods to measure the extent to which total household income … of total household inequality in Mexico is attributable to incomes derived from entrepreneurial activities, an income … inequality. Asymmetries in the allocation of education explain around 20 percent of overall household income disparities in …

(within-country) inequalities, which are already high, are kept in check. Mean-income convergence would also reduce the huge …