general-equilibrium mapping from tariffs to household inequality measures. This also yields predictions for linkages between … tariffs, development level, and observed household inequality. Working with a new dataset, we then examine cross …-country variation in inequality with respect to import protection. Results are consistent with predictions of the factor-intensity model …

workers from agriculture is associated with rising wage inequality, rather than a Kuznets curve. The increase in sectoral wage … inequality is pronounced for agriculture. At the same time, structural transformation is associated with major reductions in …

This study explains the evolution of wage inequality over the last 30 years and supports this explanation with evidence … the role of ability, technological progress increases wage inequality within each group of education as well as between … education groups. Inasmuch as education is an irreversible investment, the rise in within group inequality boosts up the rise of …

inequality of outcomes in a “snapshot.” Intergenerational mobility and “equality of opportunity”, so the argument goes, is what …One often heard counter to the concern on rising income and wealth inequality is that it is wrong to focus on … matters for normative evaluation. In response to this counter, we ask what pattern of intergenerational mobility leads to …

social welfare into real income level and variance components through Gini and Atkinson indexes. We embed these inequality …-adjusted social welfare functions in a general equilibrium structure mapping from tariff protection to household inequality. This … yields predictions regarding the linkages between trade protection, country characteristics and inequality in Heckscher …

The inequality dataset compiled in the 1990s by the World Bank and extended by the UN has been both widely used and … strongly criticized. The criticisms raise questions about conclusions drawn from secondary inequality datasets in general. We … new dataset of consistent inequality series, allowing us to explore problems of measurement error. In addition, the new …

This paper deals with the relationship between decentralisation, regional economic development, and income inequality … Western Europe has an effect on within regional interpersonal inequality. Second, whether this potential relationship is … decentralisation is associated with lower interpersonal income inequality, but as regional income rises, further decentralisation is …

develop a generalized dual approach to tracking household inequality aspects of social welfare in general equilibrium. We … complement the set of standard inequality results in trade theory focused on functional rather than household inequality. We also … find that the relative distributional impact of tariffs on welfare is conditional on the initial level of inequality. …

We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the … inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture). After controlling for economic, institutional, religious, and cultural factors …, we find that over the 1861-1901 period family structure is a driver of the education gender gap, with a higher female to …

. In the short run, cloning reduces inequality. In the long run, it creates a perfectly egalitarian society where all … necessarily eliminate inequality; nor does it disappear in the long run. Finally, if fertility is negatively correlated with …