Evidence from a current panel of harmonized worldwide data highlights a robust negative effect of income inequality on economic growth that we trace back to its transmission channels. Less equal societies tend to have less educated populations and higher fertility rates, but not necessarily...

Evidence from a current panel of harmonized worldwide data highlights a robust negative effect of income inequality on economic growth that we trace back to its transmission channels. Less equal societies tend to have less educated populations and higher fertility rates, but not necessarily...

Für Clemens Fuest, ifo Institut, ist die Debatte über die Probleme des Standorts Deutschland durchaus berechtigt. Die Wirtschaftspolitik müsse handeln, wenn sie dem Rückgang der Wirtschaftskraft und damit auch des Wohlstands in Deutschland entgegenwirken wolle. Zu den relevanten Themen...

Based on a panel of 29 advanced economies, this paper documents a non-monotonic link between inequality and the aggregate household saving rate. It finds that, at a low level of inequality, more inequality is associated with higher saving; but it also shows that a negative relationship between...