Torben M. Andersen, Jonas Maibom, (2016), “The trade-off between efficiency and equity”, Voxeu, 29 May
Theory and empirical data contest the direction of causality in the relationship between economic performance and income inequality – a relationship that is of great political importance. This column uses evidence from OECD countries to show that the relationship is not linear. While some countries can improve economic performance only at the cost of increasing economic inequality, other countries can improve both economic performance and equality without such a trade-off.
Relevant posts
- U. Michael Bergman, Michael M. Hutchison, Svend E. Hougaard Jensen, (2016), “Promoting sustainable public finances in the European Union: The role of fiscal rules and government efficiency”, European Journal of Political Economy, 3 May
- Berg, Andrew, Presbitero, Andrea, Felipe Zanna, Luis, (2016), “Public investment efficiency and growth”, Voxeu, 5 January