“...China's rise as an economic powerhouse raises a number of questions that are the subject of lively debate. How did the country do it? How applicable are the...”

“...A stylized prediction of the development economics discourse is that informality will disappear with development, and yet in the last 20 years conventional...”

“...The basic global distributional facts of inequality within and between countries are structuring a range of debates on policy issues which have analytical...”

“...Abstract Inequality indices are traditionally interpreted as measures of deviations from equality. This article interprets them instead as statistical tests...”

“...The conventional justification for moving from income distribution to intergenerational mobility analysis is that the movie encompasses the snapshot and is...”

“...Two decades ago, most of the world's poor lived in countries officially classified as low income. Now, most of the world's poor live in middle‐income...”

“...The theory of fiscal and regulatory competition between jurisdictions is more advanced than its empirical testing. This is particularly true of labour...”

“...Incorporating carbon offsets in the design of cap-and-trade programs remains a controversial issue because of its potential unintended impacts on emissions. At...”

“...•Why do many more rural migrants end up in secondary towns, despite larger welfare gains among those who end up in the city?•Migrant life histories and the...”

“...In recent years, concerns about the outcomes and nature of economic growth have given way to a new emphasis on its quality. This volume brings together...”