Economic Growth, Financial Development, and Income Inequality

Donghyun Park and Kwanho Shin

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2017, vol. 53, issue 12, 2794-2825

Abstract: The central objective of our article is to empirically examine the relationship between financial development and income inequality. Theoretically, there are grounds for both a positive and negative relationship between the two variables. Our main finding is that financial development contributes to lower inequality up to a point, but as financial development proceeds further, it contributes to higher inequality. We also find that when the ratio of primary schooling to total schooling increases and law and order improves, financial development becomes more effective in reducing inequality. Finally, we find that financial inclusion is particularly effective in lowering income inequality.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2017.1333958

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