In this paper we analyze the dynamics among past major pandemics, economic growth, inequality, and social unrest. We … increase in social unrest by reducing output and increasing inequality. We also find that higher social unrest, in turn, is … associated with lower ourput and higher inequality, pointing to a vicious cycle. Our results suggest that without policy measures …

The COVID-19 pandemic risks exacerbating inequality in Asia. High frequency labor surveys show that the pandemic is … to increase inequalities. As a result, income inequality, which was already high and rising in Asia before the pandemic …

role of social assistance and commodity boom in Brazil, and the inequality puzzle in Egypt. The paper finds that there is a …

the income share of higher-income deciles, and lowered the employment-to-population ratio for those with basic education … compared to those with higher education. We provide some evidence that the distributional consequences from the current …

to significant and persistent reductions in disposable income, along with increases in unemployment, income inequality …

ended in late 2020. The challenge will be to avoid a sharp increase in poverty and inequality if the labor market does not …

remotely tend to be young, without a college education, working for non-standard contracts, employed in smaller firms, and … those at the bottom of the earnings distribution, suggesting that the pandemic could exacerbate inequality. Crosscountry …