An Assessment of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Inequality

Patrick Vanhoudt ()

No 271, SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance from Stockholm School of Economics

Abstract: This paper provides an assessment of the determinants of income inequality in a broader macroeconomic context. In particular the hypothesis that income inequality is related to fundamentals affecting economic growth is examined.

Keywords: Income inequality; Kuznets hypothesis; economic growth. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D30 E62 H30 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 1998-10-15
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