Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18919 
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Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1281
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper surveys the empirical literature on the association between growth on inequality in less developed countries, with a particular emphasis on labor market inequality. Crosscountry studies failed to find a clear link from growth to inequality. Country-specific studies that focused on labor market inequality have shown that, with a few exceptions, wage inequality increases with growth. The paper argues that the methodologies used in many of the empirical applications, designed to investigate changes in labor market inequality in developed economies, should be adjusted to account for the unique properties of labor markets in LDCs.
Subjects: 
growth
inequality
labor markets
JEL: 
O40
O12
F16
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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