Bericht

Why the IMF and OECD are Wrong about Inequality and Growth

In recent studies the IMF and the OECD claim that inequality has a negative impact on economic growth and conclude that redistribution policies have no adverse growth effects. We argue that this claim is misleading. We show that, for developed countries, the correlation between inequality and growth is positive, not negative. But this correlation cannot be given a causal interpretation.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: EconPol Policy Brief ; No. 07

Classification
Wirtschaft

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Fuest, Clemens
Neumeier, Florian
Stöhlker, Daniel
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
(where)
Munich
(when)
2018

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  • Bericht

Associated

  • Fuest, Clemens
  • Neumeier, Florian
  • Stöhlker, Daniel
  • ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich

Time of origin

  • 2018

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