International Journal of Business and Economics Volume 1, No. 2 August, 2002

Democracy and Changes in Income Inequality

Kevin Sylwester

Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University, U.S.A.

Abstract

This paper explores associations between changes in income inequality and the degree of both democracy and democratization. Countries with less democracy and those becoming less democratic have increasing income inequality although the relation is weaker within less developed countries.

Keywords：income inequality, democracy, democratization.

JEL Classifications：O15.

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