Essays exploring the relationship between economic growth and inequality and the implications for policy makers.

The Fund has recognized in recent years that one cannot separate issues of economic growth and stability on one hand and equality on the other. Indeed, there is

Is there a tradeoff between raising growth and reducing inequality and poverty? This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the complex links

A Financial Times Book of the Year “The strongest documentation I have seen for the many ways in which inequality is harmful to economic growth.” —Jason F

We posit that the relationship between income inequality and economic growth is mediated by the level of equality of opportunity, which we identify with interge