suggests it is context and method specific. Although changes in poverty and inequality are always statistically significant …

inequality. To reduce the incidence of low-quality jobs, tax policy interventions should go hand in hand with more effective …

This paper documents an inverse U-shape in the evolution of wage inequality in Latin America since 1995, with a sharp … for the process of reduction in inequality, but do not fully account for the fall in within-skill variance. Evidence using …

Fiscal policy is central to not only macroeconomic stability and growth, but also to poverty and inequality reduction … Turkey's achievements against peer countries. The results show that fiscal policy significantly reduces income inequality in … countervail the inequality-increasing impact of indirect taxes. At the bottom of the income distribution, targeted transfers are …

inequality, with government expenditures in the form of in-kind transfers leading to the largest decreases. While expenditures in …

households to smaller eligible ones. A sharp decline in inequality is observed in the entire study population: the Gini index …

intervention period. However, these incentives may have exacerbated learning inequality within and across schools. Increases in …

The quest for status is a powerful motivator, but does it affect inequality? This paper presents a novel lab experiment … that was designed and conducted to identify the relationship between inequality, status signaling, debt, and conspicuous … finance exacerbates inequality. The results point to a vicious cycle of inequality and costly borrowing …

This paper investigates the link between inequality and demand for redistribution by looking at how individuals form … their perceptions of inequality. Most of the literature analyzing demand for redistribution has focused on objective … inequality, rather than subjective perceptions of inequality. However, a model that links demand for redistribution to subjective …