TY - BOOK ID - 135560447 TI - Democracy and income inequality : an empirical analysis AU - Gradstein, Mark. AU - Milanovic, Branko. AU - Ying, Yvonne. AU - World Bank. PY - 2001 PB - Washington, DC : World Bank, Development Research Group, Poverty and Human Resources, DB - UniCat KW - Democratization KW - Equality KW - Income distribution KW - Religious aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135560447 AB - Ideology, as proxied by a country's dominant religion, seems to be related to inequality. In Judeo-Christian societies increased democratization appears to lower inequality; in Muslim and Confucian societies it has an insignificant effect. One reason for this difference may be that Muslim and Confucian societies rely on informal transfers to reach the desired level of inequality, while Judeo-Christian societies, where family ties are weaker, use political action. ER -