Income Inequality and Economic Growth: Evidence from the American Data

Cross-country studies have found a negative relationship between income inequality and economic growth. The main problem with the cross-country analyses is the poor quality of the data on income distribution. This paper tests the robustness of the cross-country results to the use of a more accurate cross- state data-set.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors: Ugo Panizza
Format: Working Papers biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:Fiscal Policy, D31 - Personal Income Wealth and Their Distributions, E62 - Fiscal Policy, I22 - Educational Finance • Financial Aid, O41 - One Two and Multisector Growth Models, P16 - Political Economy, education;fertility;regional data;WP-404;income inequality;income distribution;american data,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011000
https://publications.iadb.org/en/income-inequality-and-economic-growth-evidence-american-data
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