Tag Archives: inequality

Economic Structure and Poverty in Africa

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Ken

For students in EC310 this Winter, the current special issue of the Journal of African Economies on industrialization, poverty and inequality is a great resource for those of you interested in African countries, or developing countries more generally. Journal of … Continue reading →

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Changing Social Contracts: Beliefs and Dissipative Inclusion in Brazil

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Ken

Inequality is usually very persistent – places with high inequality now will almost surely be very unequal in the future. The reasons for this are uncertain – is it power structures, technology, fundamental economic structures, etc. A new paper by … Continue reading →

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