This volume refines and extends the economic history literature on economic inequality in the United States. Economic ...

This paper tests for cross-country convergence in income inequality and estimates its impact on economic growth with a heterogeneous panel structural vector autoregression model, which addresses some ...

A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available data Challenges remain ... findings ...

Wealth inequality began shaping human ... However, as settlements became larger and more complex, economic disparities grew. The study also challenges the idea that preindustrial societies lived ...

New York, 24 April 2025 – Economic insecurity ... the report emphasizes that these social challenges run deep and have been building over decades. “As highlighted in this year’s World Social Report, ...