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ECONOMICS LETTERS
Volume 128, Issue -, Pages 17-20Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.01.001
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Inequality; Growth; Panel data; Semiparametric
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We examine the (potentially nonlinear) relationship between inequality and growth using a method which does not require an a priori assumption on the underlying functional form. This approach reveals a plateau completely missed by commonly used (nonlinear) parametric approaches the economy first expands rapidly with a large decline in inequality, plateaus when inequality remains relatively stable, and then decreases rapidly with a large increase in inequality. This novel finding helps reconcile the conflicting results in the literature (using different parametric assumptions and datasets) and has important policy implications. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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