A Reassessment of the Relationship Between Inequality and Growth
2000 ◽
Vol 90
(4)
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pp. 869-887
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Keyword(s):
Data Set
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This paper challenges the current belief that income inequality has a negative relationship with economic growth. It uses an improved data set on income inequality which not only reduces measurement error, but also allows estimation via a panel technique. Panel estimation makes it possible to control for time-invariant country-specific effects, therefore eliminating a potential source of omitted-variable bias. Results suggest that in the short and medium term, an increase in a country's level of income inequality has a significant positive relationship with subsequent economic growth. This relationship is highly robust across samples, variable definitions, and model specifications. (JEL O40, O15, E25)
2021 ◽
Vol 8
(2)
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pp. 58-66
2020 ◽
Vol 9
(s1)
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pp. 189-213
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2015 ◽
Vol 9
(6)
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pp. 79-82
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2003 ◽
Vol 184
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pp. 99-110
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