services sector is split up into formal and informal activities to account for the fact that poverty is largely confined to the …

Rising inequality and widespread poverty, social unrest and polarization, gender and ethnic disparities, declining …

This paper examines the effects of financial development on income inequality and poverty. The results of both cross …-country and panel data regressions suggest that inequality and poverty are reduced not only through enhanced loan markets, but … robust determinants of both income inequality and poverty. Finally, we find evidence that government spending leads to a …

poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future … economic growth is crucial for poverty reduction. Higher per capita incomes tend to favour poverty reduction, while higher …

gerechte" Einkommensverteilung ist, bleibt fraglich. Zusammenhänge können allerdings diskutiert werden: Ist Ungleichheit der … inequality infl uences redistribution preferences. Rising inequality may damage social stability and democracy, but it is unclear …

The distributions of income and wealth in countries across the world are found to possess some robust and stable …