Inequality and Growth
Theory and Policy Implications

Theo S. Eicher
 
And

Stephen J. Turnovsky

Editors


 
Table of Contents
PREFACE
I) MEASURING THE IMPACT OF GROWTH ON INEQUALITY
THE GROWTH ELASTICITY OF POVERTY REDUCTION: EXPLAINING HETEROGENEITY ACROSS COUNTRIES AND TIME PERIODS

FRANÇOIS BOURGUIGNON
 

ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S GROWTH AND INEQUALITY

DANNY QUAH

II) POPULATION, EDUCATION, AND INEQUALITY
FERTILITY CLUBS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

AVNER AHITUV AND OMER MOAV

HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION, INCOME INEQUALITY AND GROWTH

JEAN MARIE VIAENE AND ITZHAK ZILCHA

III) EUROPEAN TRANSITION AND INEQUALITY
SOCIAL TRANSFERS AND INEQUALITY DURING THE POLISH TRANSITION

MICHAEL KEANE, AND ESWAR PRASAD

GROWTH AND INEQUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES IN THE 90S

OLEKSIY IVASCHENKO

IV) THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INEQUALITY
(RE-) DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL INCOMES, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ACROSS COUNTRIES

GUENTER REHME

THE IMPACT OF TAX POLICY ON INEQUALITY AND GROWTH: AN EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION

THEO EICHER, STEPHEN TURNOVSKY, AND MARIA CARME RIERA PRUNERA
 

V) TECHNOLOGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: DO NATURAL RESOURCES MATTER?

THORVALDUR GYLFASON, AND GYLFI ZOEGA
 
WAGE INEQUALITY AND THE EFFORT INCENTIVE EFFECTS OF TECHNICAL CHANGE

CAMPBELL LEITH, C.W. LI, AND CECILIA GARCIA PEÑALOSA