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Does Financial Sector Development Increase Income Inequality? Some Econometric Evidence from Bangladesh

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  • WAHID, ABU N.M.

    (Tennessee State University)

  • SHAHBAZ, MUHAMMAD

    (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan)

  • SHAH, MEHMOOD

    (University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan)

  • SALAHUDDIN, MOHAMMAD

    (Southeast University Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to examine the relationship between financial development and income inequality. In doing so, we have used Bangladeshi data for the period 1985-2006. We have employed Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) methodology for cointegration. We have also carried out sensitivity analysis and stability tests. Our findings suggest that financial development increases income inequality. Economic growth seems to equalize the income distribution. Inflation and trade openness also worsen income inequality. Finally, social spending increases income inequality in the country over the long run. This study provides new directions for policy makers to reduce income inequality to share the fruits of economic development among the wider spectrum of the society.

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  • Wahid, Abu N.M. & Shahbaz, Muhammad & Shah, Mehmood & Salahuddin, Mohammad, 2012. "Does Financial Sector Development Increase Income Inequality? Some Econometric Evidence from Bangladesh," Indian Economic Review, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, vol. 47(1), pages 89-107.
    • Handle: RePEc:dse:indecr:0049
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    1. Muhammad Shahbaz & Mita Bhattacharya & Mantu Kumar Mahalik, 2017. "Finance and income inequality in Kazakhstan: evidence since transition with policy suggestions," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(52), pages 5337-5351, November.
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    Keywords

    Financial Sector; Development; Trade Openness; Income Inequality; Bangladesh;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • D33 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Factor Income Distribution
    • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade

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