In this paper, we assess the impact of fiscal consolidation on income inequality. Using a
panel of 18 industrialized countries from 1978 to 2009, we find that income inequality …

The 2007-09 Great Recession has led to an unprecedented increase in public debt in many
countries, triggering substantial fiscal adjustments. What are the distributional …

This paper examines the distributional effects of fiscal consolidation. Using episodes of fiscal
consolidation for a sample of 17 OECD countries over the period 1978–2009, we find that …

Many advanced economies have recently embarked on fiscal austerity. As this has come at
a time of high and rising income disparities, policy-makers have fretted about the inequality …

In several OECD countries, ongoing fiscal consolidation might have a negative impact on
the static income distribution. However, this conclusion should be treated only as an …

This paper analyses the relationship between income inequality and economic growth
through fiscal policy. To this end, we present and estimate two systems of structural …

This paper examines the impact of different instruments of fiscal policy on economic growth
and income inequality. We use an unbalanced panel of 43 upper‐middle and high income …

The sizeable increase in income inequality experienced in advanced economies and many
parts of the world since the 1990s and the severe consequences of the global economic and …

This article investigates the empirical characteristics of income inequality in China and other
large emerging market economies over the period 1980–2013, with a focus on the …

We document a strong empirical relationship between higher income inequality and
stronger recessive impacts of fiscal consolidation episodes across time and space. To …