Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty: A Review

Arne Bigsten () and Jörgen Levin

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Abstract: This paper reviews recent research dealing with the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty. This generally fails to find any systematic pattern of change in income distribution during recent decades. Neither does it find any systematic link from fast growth to increasing inequality. The level of initial income inequality is not a robust explanatory factor of growth, but some recent empirical studies have found a negative impact of asset inequality on growth. [Discussion Paper No.2001/129]

Keywords: pro-poorgrowth; incomedistribution; poverty; survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-12
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