model the progress of inequality, as reflected in Gini coefficients, 90/10 and 50/10 percentile ratios in the region. We … find that the bulk of the measured rise is inequality from the 1930s to the 1960s is due to changing survey methods and … to a later broad focus on the population. Finally, we predict the pattern of inequality over time that might have been …

This paper examines the role of human capital persistence in explaining long-term development. We exploit variation …

quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor … path. Hence, we examine the effectiveness of different development policies to exit the poverty trap. Our numerical …

development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …

This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …

quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor … path. Hence, we examine the effectiveness of different development policies to exit the poverty trap. Our numerical …

development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …

This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even … the happiness of all, it will at least harmonize the happiness of all, providing that income inequality does not grow too …

inequality or stagnating poverty in Costa Rica. …