【主讲】Robert Breuning 院长 (澳国立Crawford公共政策学院)
【主题】Is it inequality or poverty that's bad for growth
【时间】2016年5月31日 (周二) 14：00-15：30
【地点】上海财经大学经济学院楼701室
【语言】英文
【摘要】Recent research has highlighted a negative impact of inequality on economic growth. We re-evaluate this hypothesis focusing on both inequality and poverty and their interaction. We replicate previous results showing that inequality has a negative impact on growth. However, we show that when we account for both inequality and poverty, the negative effect of inequality on growth appears to be concentrated amongst countries with high poverty. This would argue for policies targeted towards alleviating poverty rather than policies about redistribution.
