predictions for the effects of changes in fixed costs, variable costs, and foreign income on the extensive margin, while for the … and foreign income are not. The number of exporting firms of a state is used to measure the extensive margin, while the …

This paper explores the relationship between openness to trade, immigration, and income per person across countries. To … distance (while controlling for country size). Since geography may affect income through other channels, we also control for … to immigration on long-run income per capita. In contrast, we are unable to establish an effect of trade openness on …

income, indicating the size of survival gains from redistribution in favour of households below the poverty line. The poverty … elasticity declines over time after 1981. It is invariant to controlling for income inequality but diminished upon controlling …

Pooling data for 1905 to 2000, we find no systematic relationship between top income shares and economic growth in a … top decile's income share is associated with a statistically significant 0.12 point rise in GDP growth during the … for the cumulative positive effect of faster growth on the mean income of the bottom nine deciles to offset the negative …

positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an …-run income growth. This mean-preserving declining spread in happiness comes about via falls in both the share of individuals who … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even …

A growing concern on widening income gap between the rich and the poor, the policy mismatch in tackling the relative … poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … their policy direction toward more inclusive growth where most members are transforming themselves from a low-income country …