(if everybody's income goes up, who cares if inequality is up too?), and the argument is made that only poverty … poverty solely and not with inequality is internally inconsistent. …This note is motivated by recent arguments made by Martin Feldstein in which the relevance of inequality is dismissed …

We are used to thinking about inequality within countries--about rich Americans versus poor Americans, for instance …. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? <i>Worlds Apart</i> addresses just how to measure global … inequality among individuals, and shows that inequality is shaped by complex forces often working in different directions. Branko …

(if everybody's income goes up, who cares if inequality is up too?), and the argument is made that only poverty … poverty solely and not with inequality is internally inconsistent. …This note is motivated by recent arguments made by Martin Feldstein in which the relevance of inequality is dismissed …

appears to have caused a high degree of economic inequality, and democratization in the form of franchise expansion has … between other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience …

While standard political economy theories suggest a moderating effect of democratization on income inequality … first, that prevailing ideology may be an important determinant of inequality and, second, that the democratization effect … income groups, hence democratization may have only a negligible effect on inequality. On the other hand, in societies where …

-2005, examines correlates of unprecedented increases in inequality registered by most of these economies. We find that, after … infrastructure reform (mostly consisting of privatization and higher fees) are responsible for this pro-inequality effect while small … evidence that higher government spending as share of GDI reduces inequality. …

Thepaper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the … entities with substantial economic autonomy. Two types of regional inequalities are considered: Concept 1 inequality, which is … inequality between mean incomes (GDP per capita) of states/provinces, and Concept 2 inequality, which is inequality between …

percent of the population lived in poverty in 1989. By 1991, that figure reached 34 percent. The poverty rate more than …, were especially affected. The poverty gap rose from an estimated 1.4 percent of GDP to 4.8 pecent. Existing evidence on …