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Income Inequality and Economic Growth: Evidence from the American Data

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  • Ugo Panizza

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Cross-country studies have found a negative relationship between income inequality and economic growth. The main problem with the cross-country analyses is the poor quality of the data on income distribution. This paper tests the robustness of the cross-country results to the use of a more accurate cross- state data-set.

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Paper provided by Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department in its series Research Department Publications with number 4178.

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Date of creation: Aug 1999
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  1. International Monetary Fund, 2003. "Income Inequality and Redistributive Government Spending," IMF Working Papers 03/14, International Monetary Fund.
  2. Frances Stewart, . "Income Distribution and Development," QEH Working Papers qehwps37, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
  3. Furquim, Lilian & Garcia, Fernando, 2001. "Inequality and Economic Growth in Latin," Textos para discussão 104, Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Getulio Vargas Foundation (Brazil).

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