An econometric analysis of the relationship between inequality and growth
In this paper, the role of inequality in growth economics is investigated. Barro (2000) found a positive interaction between inequality and GDP on the growth rate, using data for 1960-2000. This paper focuses on a robustness check of his results due to a revision of the Ginis from Deininger and Squire (1997) in the WIID2 dataset. My regressions cover the same time periods and include additional da