effects on growth and on the evolution of income inequality; (ii) raising the consumption tax generates about as much economic … reduces inequality by more than utilizing the consumption tax. Hence, there is growth-inequality trade-off. …

In this paper, we estimate the recent evolution of global interpersonal inequality and examine the effect of omitted … top incomes on the level and direction of global inequality. We propose a methodology to estimate the truncation point of … individuals in household surveys generate a downward bias in global inequality estimates that ranges between 15 per cent and 42 …

This paper aims to advance understanding about the relationship between taxation and inequality in developing countries … taxes promoted the progressivity of the tax system and contributed to the reduction of inequality. Yet, the effectiveness of …

This paper examines the nature and evolution of horizontal and vertical human-capital inequality in South Africa since … inequality has been falling in South Africa although with significant variation across the country. Finally we examine the … relationship between changing inequality over time and electoral outcomes. We find that vertical inequality amongst youth is very …

We analyse vertical and horizontal inequality in Ecuador from a long-run perspective, as well as during and after the … commodities boom. Using various data sources we show that Ecuador has made significant progress in reducing inequality …, particularly since 2000. However, inequality has started to increase again starting in 2015. We provide preliminary evidence that …

national, state, and district-level figures for overall, within and between consumption inequality. We find an increase in … inequality in India but only since 2004. We also document an increase in between group (or horizontal) inequality over the entire … period. We then investigate the impact of ethnic fragmentation and public good provision on inequality. We hypothesize that …

, being a member of a group that has greater levels of within-group inequality reduces support for a plurality-choice party …, while living in a country with higher levels of between-group inequality increases support for a plurality-choice party. The …

government is able to reduce the gap in relation to institutional delivery, inequality, and land holding. …

This study uses five series of demographic and health surveys to answer the question: 'Is horizontal inequality in … education and wealth increasing or decreasing in the 20-year interval between 1991 and 2010?'. Horizontal inequality in … education attainment has been moving in waves; however, there was an invested U-shaped trend where inequality increased between …

relative to earlier literature. In particular, we use the latest version of the UNU-WIDER' Income Inequality Database to have … the best available estimates of both pre- and post-redistribution inequality for the largest set of countries and periods …