believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy … this must always have been true. Indeed, some have argued that high inequality appeared very early in the post … performance we observe there even today. This paper argues to the contrary. Compared with the rest of the world, inequality was …

This paper examines the role of human capital persistence in explaining long-term development. We exploit variation …

This paper examines the role of human capital persistence in explaining long-term development. We exploit variation …

development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …

, market development, labour absorption, and the Kuznets inverted-U path of inequality. The second is the economic transition …In this paper we describe the major trends in China's income inequality over the past 40 years and explain them as the … outcome of four interleaved stories. The first story is a standard development story characterized by structural change …

development and income inequality for decades. In this paper we investigate whether a similar relationship holds between national … 'development' is expected to display the same inverted-U shape. We suggest that the existence of a Kuznets inequality of … opportunity curve can be the result of a 'triangular' relationship between development, income inequality, and inequality of …

We explore the role of social mobility as a driver of economic development by constructing a panel data set that …-regional heterogeneity. Our findings show that increasing social mobility had a significant and robust impact on the development of Latin …

We explore the role of social mobility as a driver of economic development. First, we map the geography of … that increasing social mobility had a significant and robust effect on the development of Latin American regions. …

Women's role in economic development is commonly admitted. But in many countries, women's economic activities are still …