This paper critically reviews the literature on finance and inequality, highlighting substantive gaps in the literature …. Finance plays a crucial role in most theories of persistent inequality. Unsurprisingly, therefore, economic theory provides a … rich set of predictions concerning both the impact of finance on inequality and about the relevant mechanisms. Although …

inequality, with the region's Gini coefficient falling from 55.6 to 51.8. Previous studies have warned about the sustainability … of such a decline, and this paper presents evidence of stagnation in the pace of reduction of income inequality in Latin … America since 2010. This phenomenon of stagnation is robust to different measures of inequality and is largely attributable to …

This paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries, including 20 …

This paper assesses the link between democracy and inequality. Inequality is measured at the cohort level with pseudo …-run historical patterns in the degree of democracy relate to income inequality. However, this relationship is non …-monotonic: inequality ?rst increases with the stock of democracy before falling. The paper also presents evidence that education may be a …

This paper assesses inequality of opportunity in educational achievement using the Human Opportunity Index methodology … inequality in most of the countries in the sample. Consistent with what has been documented previously in the literature, the … paper also finds a strong and stable correlation between inequality of opportunity and public spending on school education …

This paper uses cross-section data for 107 countries to explore the relationship between gender inequality and economic … growth. The paper departs from the literature by using a broad measure of gender inequality that goes well beyond gender … inequality in education, which has been the focus of most studies. Another novelty of the paper lies in exploring heterogeneity …

their lives. This disconnect is partly explained by increased inequality in the region, an increasing sense of unfairness in …

and Public Policy -- provides a critical review of the economic literature on equality and inequality of opportunity. A …) new theory of social justice: the principles of compensation and reward. Ex-ante and ex-post versions of the compensation … principle are presented, and the tensions between them are discussed. Different approaches to the measurement of inequality of …