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More evidence on income distribution and growth

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Clarke, George R.G.·1995·Journal of Development Economics
DOI 10.1016/0304-3878(94)00069-o
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It has been suggested that inequality is an unpleasant precondition for growth. This paper shows that the empirical evidence strongly supports the opposite view: that inequality is negatively correlated with growth. This result is robust across different inequality measures, and to many different specifications of the growth regression. Furthermore, inequality appears to have a negative effect on both democracies and non-democracies. Interaction terms between inequality and regime type, when included in the base regression, do not affect the sign or significance of the inequality variables.

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Authors
Clarke, G. R. G.
Venue
Journal of Development Economics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1995-08
Volume
47
Issue
2
Pages
403-427
ISSN
0304-3878 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0304-3878(94)00069-o
OpenAlex
W2112608674
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560
References
36
FWCI
54.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
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hybrid

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