This paper examines the functional relationships between income inequality, economic factors, institutions, and Kuznets' inverted-U hypothesis. A model that incorporates interactive as well as direct effects of several factors to capture their combined effect on inequality is developed. The...

This paper examines the functional relationships between income inequality, economic factors, institutions, and Kuznets' inverted-U hypothesis. A model that incorporates interactive as well as direct effects of several factors to capture their combined effect on inequality is developed. The...

We study the convergence, or lack thereof, of total factor productivity and real GDP per worker for a pooled (cross-section, time-series) sample of developed and developing countries, adding breadth and depth to the convergence debate. We first estimate total factor productivity from a...