Natural resource booms and inequality: theory and evidence

Surprisingly little is known about the impact of resource booms on income inequality in resource rich countries. This paper develops a simple theory, in the context of a two sector growth model in which learning-by-doing drives growth, to explain the time path of inequality following a resource boom...

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Main Authors: Goderis, B, Malone, S
Formato: Working paper
Idioma:English
Publicado: CSAE (University of Oxford) 2008