of poverty rates and inequality levels. We also estimate a heterogeneous response to the mining-abundant condition …, finding stronger responses in lower-poverty, higher-inequality districts. Finally, we find a trend suggesting incremental … activities, on the reduction of poverty and inequality. …

Surprisingly little is known about the impact of resource booms on income inequality in resource rich countries (Ross … growth, to explain the time path of inequality following a resource boom.  Under plausible conditions, we find that income … inequality will fall in the short run immediately after a boom, and will then increase steadily over time as the economy grows …

Surprisingly little is known about the impact of natural resource booms on income inequality in resource rich countries … growth, to explain the time path of inequality following a resource boom. Under the condition that the nontraded sector uses … unskilled labor more intensively than the traded sector, we find that income inequality will fall in the short run immediately …

Surprisingly little is known about the impact resource booms on income inequality in resource rich countries (Ross … growth, to explain the time path of inequality following a resource boom. Under plausible conditions, we find that income … inequality will fall in the short run immediately after a boom, and will then increase steadily over time as the economy grows …

Surprisingly little is known about the impact of resource booms on income inequality in resource rich countries (Ross … inequality will fall in the short run immediately after a boom, and will then increase steadily over time as the economy grows …, until the initial impact of the boom on inequality disappears. Usng panel cointegration methodology for a sample of 90 …