Land Ownership Inequality and the Income Distribution Consequences of Economic Growth

Michael R. Carter

No wp-2000-201, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: While unequal land ownership has a role to play in explaining historically high levels of income inequality, this paper asks what role agrarian structure plays in explaining contemporary trends of increasing income inequality. Using a Gini decomposition framework to structure the analysis and drawing on a variety of theoretical historical and econometric evidence, the paper identifies four linkages or pathways between agrarian structure and income inequality.

Keywords: Economic development; Equality and inequality; Income distribution; Land tenure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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