Inequality is Bad for Growth of the Poor (But Not for That of the Rich)

The paper assesses the impact of overall inequality, as well as inequality among the poor and among the rich, on the growth rates along various percentiles of the income distribution. The analysis uses micro-census data from U.S. states covering the period from 1960 to 2010. The paper finds evidence that high levels of inequality reduce the income growth of the poor and, if anything, help the growth of the rich. When inequality is deconstructed into bottom and top inequality, the analysis finds that it is mostly top inequality that is holding back growth at the bottom.

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Main Authors: van der Weide, Roy, Milanovic, Branko
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-07
Subjects:AGGREGATE INCOME, ANNUAL GROWTH, AVERAGE ANNUAL, AVERAGE GROWTH, AVERAGE GROWTH RATE, AVERAGE INCOME, AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH, AVERAGE INCOMES, CAPITAL ACCUMULATION, CONFLICT, CREDIT CONSTRAINT, CREDIT CONSTRAINTS, CREDIT MARKET, CREDIT MARKET IMPERFECTIONS, CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS, CROSS-COUNTRY DATA, DATA AVAILABILITY, DATA QUALITY, DATA SETS, DEPENDENT VARIABLE, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, DISPOSABLE INCOME, DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS, DYNAMIC PANEL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC LITERATURE, ECONOMIC REVIEW, ECONOMIC STUDIES, EFFECT OF INEQUALITY ON GROWTH, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EMPIRICAL RESULTS, EMPIRICAL STUDIES, EMPIRICAL TEST, ERROR TERM, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FIXED EFFECTS, FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION, FOREIGN AID, GINI COEFFICIENT, GROSS INCOME, GROWTH LITERATURE, GROWTH PATTERN, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, GROWTH REGRESSION, GROWTH REGRESSIONS, GROWTH SPELLS, GROWTH THEORIES, GROWTH-INEQUALITY RELATIONSHIP, HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNITIES, HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES, HIGH INEQUALITY, HOUSEHOLD DATA, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION, INCOME, INCOME DATA, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS, INCOME GROWTH, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME REDISTRIBUTION, INDEPENDENT VARIABLES, INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY LEVELS, INEQUALITY MEASURE, INEQUALITY MEASURES, INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, INEQUALITY-GROWTH RELATIONSHIP, INTERVENTIONS, LABOR FORCE, LEVELS OF INEQUALITY, LOW INCOME, LOW INEQUALITY, MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS, MACROECONOMICS, MARGINAL PROPENSITY, MARGINAL TAX, MARGINAL TAX RATE, MARKET INCOME, MEASURE OF INEQUALITY, MEASURES OF INEQUALITY, MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY, MEDIAN INCOME, MEDIAN VOTER, MEDIAN VOTER HYPOTHESIS, MEMBER COUNTRIES, MICRO DATA, MIDDLE CLASS, NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT, NEGATIVE CORRELATION, NEGATIVE EFFECT, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP, NEGATIVE SIGN, NEW GROWTH THEORIES, OVERALL INEQUALITY, PENSIONS, PER CAPITA GROWTH, PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE, PER CAPITA INCOME, PER CAPITA INCOMES, POINT DECLINE, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, POOR GROWTH, POSITIVE EFFECT, POSITIVE IMPACT, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP, PRO-POOR, PRO-POOR GROWTH, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC CHOICE, PUBLIC ECONOMICS, PUBLIC GOODS, RATE OF GROWTH, REAL GROWTH, REAL INCOME, REAL INCOMES, REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES, REGIONAL DUMMIES, REGRESSION DIAGNOSTICS, RESIDUAL INEQUALITY, RICH COUNTRIES, RISING INEQUALITY, SAVINGS, SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, SIGNIFICANT EFFECT, SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE, SOCIAL SECURITY, STANDARD DEVIATION, TAXATION, TOTAL INEQUALITY, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEQUAL SOCIETIES, WAGES, WAR, WORLD INCOME INEQUALITY,
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spelling dig-okr-10986193632024-08-08T13:53:43Z Inequality is Bad for Growth of the Poor (But Not for That of the Rich) van der Weide, Roy Milanovic, Branko AGGREGATE INCOME ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE ANNUAL AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH AVERAGE INCOMES CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CONFLICT CREDIT CONSTRAINT CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT MARKET CREDIT MARKET IMPERFECTIONS CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS CROSS-COUNTRY DATA DATA AVAILABILITY DATA QUALITY DATA SETS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISPOSABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS DYNAMIC PANEL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES EFFECT OF INEQUALITY ON GROWTH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPIRICAL TEST ERROR TERM FINANCIAL CRISIS FIXED EFFECTS FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION FOREIGN AID GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS INCOME GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH PATTERN GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSION GROWTH REGRESSIONS GROWTH SPELLS GROWTH THEORIES GROWTH-INEQUALITY RELATIONSHIP HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNITIES HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION INCOME INCOME DATA INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY INEQUALITY-GROWTH RELATIONSHIP INTERVENTIONS LABOR FORCE LEVELS OF INEQUALITY LOW INCOME LOW INEQUALITY MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL PROPENSITY MARGINAL TAX MARGINAL TAX RATE MARKET INCOME MEASURE OF INEQUALITY MEASURES OF INEQUALITY MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY MEDIAN INCOME MEDIAN VOTER MEDIAN VOTER HYPOTHESIS MEMBER COUNTRIES MICRO DATA MIDDLE CLASS NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT NEGATIVE CORRELATION NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP NEGATIVE SIGN NEW GROWTH THEORIES OVERALL INEQUALITY PENSIONS PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POINT DECLINE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL SCIENCE POOR GROWTH POSITIVE EFFECT POSITIVE IMPACT POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC CHOICE PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS RATE OF GROWTH REAL GROWTH REAL INCOME REAL INCOMES REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REGIONAL DUMMIES REGRESSION DIAGNOSTICS RESIDUAL INEQUALITY RICH COUNTRIES RISING INEQUALITY SAVINGS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SOCIAL SECURITY STANDARD DEVIATION TAXATION TOTAL INEQUALITY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEQUAL SOCIETIES WAGES WAR WORLD INCOME INEQUALITY The paper assesses the impact of overall inequality, as well as inequality among the poor and among the rich, on the growth rates along various percentiles of the income distribution. The analysis uses micro-census data from U.S. states covering the period from 1960 to 2010. The paper finds evidence that high levels of inequality reduce the income growth of the poor and, if anything, help the growth of the rich. When inequality is deconstructed into bottom and top inequality, the analysis finds that it is mostly top inequality that is holding back growth at the bottom. 2014-08-15T16:17:29Z 2014-08-15T16:17:29Z 2014-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19756057/inequality-bad-growth-poor-not-rich https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19363 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6963 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ application/pdf text/plain World Bank Group, Washington, DC
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topic AGGREGATE INCOME
ANNUAL GROWTH
AVERAGE ANNUAL
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH
AVERAGE INCOMES
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CONFLICT
CREDIT CONSTRAINT
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
CREDIT MARKET
CREDIT MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS
CROSS-COUNTRY DATA
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA QUALITY
DATA SETS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS
DYNAMIC PANEL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EFFECT OF INEQUALITY ON GROWTH
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPIRICAL TEST
ERROR TERM
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FIXED EFFECTS
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
FOREIGN AID
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROSS INCOME
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH PATTERN
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSION
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
GROWTH SPELLS
GROWTH THEORIES
GROWTH-INEQUALITY RELATIONSHIP
HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNITIES
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
INEQUALITY-GROWTH RELATIONSHIP
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LEVELS OF INEQUALITY
LOW INCOME
LOW INEQUALITY
MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL PROPENSITY
MARGINAL TAX
MARGINAL TAX RATE
MARKET INCOME
MEASURE OF INEQUALITY
MEASURES OF INEQUALITY
MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY
MEDIAN INCOME
MEDIAN VOTER
MEDIAN VOTER HYPOTHESIS
MEMBER COUNTRIES
MICRO DATA
MIDDLE CLASS
NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
NEGATIVE SIGN
NEW GROWTH THEORIES
OVERALL INEQUALITY
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POINT DECLINE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POOR GROWTH
POSITIVE EFFECT
POSITIVE IMPACT
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC CHOICE
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC GOODS
RATE OF GROWTH
REAL GROWTH
REAL INCOME
REAL INCOMES
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
REGIONAL DUMMIES
REGRESSION DIAGNOSTICS
RESIDUAL INEQUALITY
RICH COUNTRIES
RISING INEQUALITY
SAVINGS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
SOCIAL SECURITY
STANDARD DEVIATION
TAXATION
TOTAL INEQUALITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEQUAL SOCIETIES
WAGES
WAR
WORLD INCOME INEQUALITY
AGGREGATE INCOME
ANNUAL GROWTH
AVERAGE ANNUAL
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH
AVERAGE INCOMES
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CONFLICT
CREDIT CONSTRAINT
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
CREDIT MARKET
CREDIT MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS
CROSS-COUNTRY DATA
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA QUALITY
DATA SETS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS
DYNAMIC PANEL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EFFECT OF INEQUALITY ON GROWTH
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPIRICAL TEST
ERROR TERM
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FIXED EFFECTS
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
FOREIGN AID
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROSS INCOME
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH PATTERN
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSION
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
GROWTH SPELLS
GROWTH THEORIES
GROWTH-INEQUALITY RELATIONSHIP
HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNITIES
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
INEQUALITY-GROWTH RELATIONSHIP
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LEVELS OF INEQUALITY
LOW INCOME
LOW INEQUALITY
MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL PROPENSITY
MARGINAL TAX
MARGINAL TAX RATE
MARKET INCOME
MEASURE OF INEQUALITY
MEASURES OF INEQUALITY
MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY
MEDIAN INCOME
MEDIAN VOTER
MEDIAN VOTER HYPOTHESIS
MEMBER COUNTRIES
MICRO DATA
MIDDLE CLASS
NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
NEGATIVE SIGN
NEW GROWTH THEORIES
OVERALL INEQUALITY
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POINT DECLINE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POOR GROWTH
POSITIVE EFFECT
POSITIVE IMPACT
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC CHOICE
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC GOODS
RATE OF GROWTH
REAL GROWTH
REAL INCOME
REAL INCOMES
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
REGIONAL DUMMIES
REGRESSION DIAGNOSTICS
RESIDUAL INEQUALITY
RICH COUNTRIES
RISING INEQUALITY
SAVINGS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
SOCIAL SECURITY
STANDARD DEVIATION
TAXATION
TOTAL INEQUALITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEQUAL SOCIETIES
WAGES
WAR
WORLD INCOME INEQUALITY
spellingShingle AGGREGATE INCOME
ANNUAL GROWTH
AVERAGE ANNUAL
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH
AVERAGE INCOMES
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CONFLICT
CREDIT CONSTRAINT
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
CREDIT MARKET
CREDIT MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS
CROSS-COUNTRY DATA
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA QUALITY
DATA SETS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS
DYNAMIC PANEL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EFFECT OF INEQUALITY ON GROWTH
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPIRICAL TEST
ERROR TERM
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FIXED EFFECTS
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
FOREIGN AID
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROSS INCOME
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH PATTERN
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSION
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
GROWTH SPELLS
GROWTH THEORIES
GROWTH-INEQUALITY RELATIONSHIP
HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNITIES
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
INEQUALITY-GROWTH RELATIONSHIP
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LEVELS OF INEQUALITY
LOW INCOME
LOW INEQUALITY
MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL PROPENSITY
MARGINAL TAX
MARGINAL TAX RATE
MARKET INCOME
MEASURE OF INEQUALITY
MEASURES OF INEQUALITY
MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY
MEDIAN INCOME
MEDIAN VOTER
MEDIAN VOTER HYPOTHESIS
MEMBER COUNTRIES
MICRO DATA
MIDDLE CLASS
NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
NEGATIVE SIGN
NEW GROWTH THEORIES
OVERALL INEQUALITY
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POINT DECLINE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POOR GROWTH
POSITIVE EFFECT
POSITIVE IMPACT
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC CHOICE
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC GOODS
RATE OF GROWTH
REAL GROWTH
REAL INCOME
REAL INCOMES
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
REGIONAL DUMMIES
REGRESSION DIAGNOSTICS
RESIDUAL INEQUALITY
RICH COUNTRIES
RISING INEQUALITY
SAVINGS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
SOCIAL SECURITY
STANDARD DEVIATION
TAXATION
TOTAL INEQUALITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEQUAL SOCIETIES
WAGES
WAR
WORLD INCOME INEQUALITY
AGGREGATE INCOME
ANNUAL GROWTH
AVERAGE ANNUAL
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH
AVERAGE INCOMES
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CONFLICT
CREDIT CONSTRAINT
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
CREDIT MARKET
CREDIT MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS
CROSS-COUNTRY DATA
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA QUALITY
DATA SETS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS
DYNAMIC PANEL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EFFECT OF INEQUALITY ON GROWTH
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPIRICAL TEST
ERROR TERM
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FIXED EFFECTS
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
FOREIGN AID
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROSS INCOME
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH PATTERN
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSION
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
GROWTH SPELLS
GROWTH THEORIES
GROWTH-INEQUALITY RELATIONSHIP
HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNITIES
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
INEQUALITY-GROWTH RELATIONSHIP
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LEVELS OF INEQUALITY
LOW INCOME
LOW INEQUALITY
MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL PROPENSITY
MARGINAL TAX
MARGINAL TAX RATE
MARKET INCOME
MEASURE OF INEQUALITY
MEASURES OF INEQUALITY
MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY
MEDIAN INCOME
MEDIAN VOTER
MEDIAN VOTER HYPOTHESIS
MEMBER COUNTRIES
MICRO DATA
MIDDLE CLASS
NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
NEGATIVE SIGN
NEW GROWTH THEORIES
OVERALL INEQUALITY
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POINT DECLINE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POOR GROWTH
POSITIVE EFFECT
POSITIVE IMPACT
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC CHOICE
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC GOODS
RATE OF GROWTH
REAL GROWTH
REAL INCOME
REAL INCOMES
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
REGIONAL DUMMIES
REGRESSION DIAGNOSTICS
RESIDUAL INEQUALITY
RICH COUNTRIES
RISING INEQUALITY
SAVINGS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
SOCIAL SECURITY
STANDARD DEVIATION
TAXATION
TOTAL INEQUALITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEQUAL SOCIETIES
WAGES
WAR
WORLD INCOME INEQUALITY
van der Weide, Roy
Milanovic, Branko
Inequality is Bad for Growth of the Poor (But Not for That of the Rich)
description The paper assesses the impact of overall inequality, as well as inequality among the poor and among the rich, on the growth rates along various percentiles of the income distribution. The analysis uses micro-census data from U.S. states covering the period from 1960 to 2010. The paper finds evidence that high levels of inequality reduce the income growth of the poor and, if anything, help the growth of the rich. When inequality is deconstructed into bottom and top inequality, the analysis finds that it is mostly top inequality that is holding back growth at the bottom.
topic_facet AGGREGATE INCOME
ANNUAL GROWTH
AVERAGE ANNUAL
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE GROWTH RATE
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH
AVERAGE INCOMES
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CONFLICT
CREDIT CONSTRAINT
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
CREDIT MARKET
CREDIT MARKET IMPERFECTIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS
CROSS-COUNTRY DATA
DATA AVAILABILITY
DATA QUALITY
DATA SETS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DISTRIBUTIVE POLITICS
DYNAMIC PANEL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EFFECT OF INEQUALITY ON GROWTH
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPIRICAL TEST
ERROR TERM
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FIXED EFFECTS
FIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
FOREIGN AID
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROSS INCOME
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH PATTERN
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH REGRESSION
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
GROWTH SPELLS
GROWTH THEORIES
GROWTH-INEQUALITY RELATIONSHIP
HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNITIES
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY LEVELS
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
INEQUALITY-GROWTH RELATIONSHIP
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LEVELS OF INEQUALITY
LOW INCOME
LOW INEQUALITY
MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
MACROECONOMICS
MARGINAL PROPENSITY
MARGINAL TAX
MARGINAL TAX RATE
MARKET INCOME
MEASURE OF INEQUALITY
MEASURES OF INEQUALITY
MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY
MEDIAN INCOME
MEDIAN VOTER
MEDIAN VOTER HYPOTHESIS
MEMBER COUNTRIES
MICRO DATA
MIDDLE CLASS
NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NEGATIVE IMPACT
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
NEGATIVE SIGN
NEW GROWTH THEORIES
OVERALL INEQUALITY
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA GROWTH
PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POINT DECLINE
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POOR GROWTH
POSITIVE EFFECT
POSITIVE IMPACT
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC CHOICE
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC GOODS
RATE OF GROWTH
REAL GROWTH
REAL INCOME
REAL INCOMES
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
REGIONAL DUMMIES
REGRESSION DIAGNOSTICS
RESIDUAL INEQUALITY
RICH COUNTRIES
RISING INEQUALITY
SAVINGS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
SOCIAL SECURITY
STANDARD DEVIATION
TAXATION
TOTAL INEQUALITY
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEQUAL SOCIETIES
WAGES
WAR
WORLD INCOME INEQUALITY
author van der Weide, Roy
Milanovic, Branko
author_facet van der Weide, Roy
Milanovic, Branko
author_sort van der Weide, Roy
title Inequality is Bad for Growth of the Poor (But Not for That of the Rich)
title_short Inequality is Bad for Growth of the Poor (But Not for That of the Rich)
title_full Inequality is Bad for Growth of the Poor (But Not for That of the Rich)
title_fullStr Inequality is Bad for Growth of the Poor (But Not for That of the Rich)
title_full_unstemmed Inequality is Bad for Growth of the Poor (But Not for That of the Rich)
title_sort inequality is bad for growth of the poor (but not for that of the rich)
publisher World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014-07
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19756057/inequality-bad-growth-poor-not-rich
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19363
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