This paper analyzes the extent of income inequality from a global perspective, its drivers,
and what to do about it. The drivers of inequality vary widely amongst countries, with some …

Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations around the World focuses on an issue
that has gotten much attention in the developed world, but will present new data and …

This study investigates empirically how human capital, measured by educational attainment,
is related to income distribution. The regressions, using a cross-country data between 1980 …

This article investigates the determinants of the income inequality for a global sample
including 87 economies between 2002 and 2014. Notably, the study examines the impacts …

Despite the successful transition into democracy in South Africa, poverty and inequality
levels remain consistently high for an upper-middle-income country. The pace of human …

This study shows empirically that gender inequality and income inequality are strongly
interlinked, even after controlling for standard drivers of income inequality. The study …

A growing body of empirical evidence suggests that inequality—income or gender related—
can impede economic growth. Using dynamic panel regressions and new time series data …

Income inequality is a source of social instability and armed conflict, which in turn are
detrimental to economic development. This study examines the role of innovation in income …

This paper examines how human capital and other economic variables, such as private
investment, economic growth, government investment, inflation, and unemployment …

We examine the Kuznets postulate that structural transformation leads to higher inequality
using comparable panel data for a large number of developing and developed countries for …