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Policy makers and economists have long been interested in the effect of economic growth on the size distribution of incomes. Some economists believe that economic development in countries can come only at the expense of greater distributional inequality, suggesting that policies that encourage economic growth should be accompanied by redistributional policies. Others feel that economic growth will naturally result in a more equitable distribution of income, as all groups benefit from growth.
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Ransom, M.R. (1987). Economic growth and the size distribution of income; a longitudinal analysis. In: Heijmans, R., Neudecker, H. (eds) The Practice of Econometrics. International Studies in Economics and Econometrics, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3591-4_11
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