In this paper, we revisit the inequality-growth relationship using an enhanced panel data set with improved inequality …, similar to Forbes we find a significant positive association between inequality and subsequent economic growth in the full … relationship between inequality and growth emerges due to the particular timing of inequality and growth dynamics in transition …

Higher inequality reduces capital accumulation and increases the informal economy, which creates additional employment … links between inequality and informality because badly designed informality-reducing policies may increase inequality …

In this paper, we revisit the inequality-growth relationship using an enhanced panel data set with improved inequality …, similar to Forbes we find a significant positive association between inequality and subsequent economic growth in the full … relationship between inequality and growth emerges due to the particular timing of inequality and growth dynamics in transition …

This paper examines inequality patterns in the 1990s in Poland, Russia and Hungary. We consider three different … definitions of income and analyse the contributions to inequality of their main components using LIS micro data. Inequality is … Shorrocks' axiomatic approach and the Theil-based decomposition). The role of transfers and taxes in mitigating total inequality …

High levels of economic inequality may lead to lower economic growth and can have negative social and political impacts … significantly more than previously suggested. Currently, the average Gini index (a common measure) of inequality in Eastern Europe … is about 3 percentage points higher than in the rest of Europe. This rise in inequality was initially driven by …