We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … wealth inequality but may generate higher income inequality. Moreover, the short-run and long-run impacts of migration on …

means and incentives to migrate, increasing inequality in the sending community. However, the migration networks formed … lower the costs for future migrants, which can in turn lower inequality. This paper shows both theoretically and empirically …-shaped relationship between emigration and inequality in rural sending communities in Mexico. After instrumenting, we find that the …

-curve empirical framework to investigate how financial development, globalisation and technology affect income inequality. Our … exert opposite effects in different countries. Globalisation is associated to increasing inequality in most advanced … economies are mixed, technology and financial development lead to increasing inequality for most emerging economies. Hence …

Earlier studies on income inequality and crime have typically used total income or total earnings. However, it is quite … is therefore to disentangle the two effects by, first, estimating region-specific inequality in permanent and transitory … indicate that it is important to separate the two effects; while an increase in the inequality in permanent income yields a …

This study investigates the relationship between distinct types of inequality and CO2 emissions using panel data on 156 … that pre-distribution (inequality reduction by structural changes and social protection) is better aligned with the goal of … carbon emission reduction than redistribution (inequality reduction by transfers). However, those countries who contribute …

at the tails of the wage distribution in high skill occupations, the effects on overall inequality are shown to be …

This paper re-examines the relationship between per capita income, inequality, and per capita emissions while … scale, the effect of inequality on emissions should vary depending on the level of income per capita. Specifically, for a … policies, and thus, lower inequality is beneficial for the environment. With nonhomothetic preferences, the beneficial …