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Finance, Inequality, and Poverty: Cross-Country Evidence

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Levine, Ross, Beck, Thorsten, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli·2004·World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
DOI 10.1596/1813-9450-3338
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While substantial research finds that financial development boosts overall economic growth, the authors study whether financial development is pro-poor: Does financial development disproportionately raise the income of the poor? Using a broad cross-country sample, the authors find that the answer is yes: Financial intermediary development reduces income inequality by disproportionately boosting the income of the poor and therefore reduces poverty. This result is robust to controlling for simultaneity bias and reverse causation.

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Authors
Levine, R., Beck, T., & Demirguc-Kunt, A.
Venue
World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
Publisher
World Bank, Washington, DC
Published
2004-06
DOI
10.1596/1813-9450-3338
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Levine, R., Beck, T., & Demirguc-Kunt, A. (2004). Finance, Inequality, and Poverty: Cross-Country Evidence. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3338

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