Democracy and Changes in Income Inequality

Kevin Sylwester
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Kevin Sylwester: Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University, U.S.A.

International Journal of Business and Economics, 2002, vol. 1, issue 2, 167-178

Abstract: This paper explores associations between changes in income inequality and the degree of both democracy and democratization. Countries with less democracy and those becoming less democratic have increasing income inequality although the relation is weaker within less developed countries.

Keywords: income inequality; democracy; democratization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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