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Financial structure and income inequality

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We empirically investigate whether financial structures affect income inequality. Using panel data for 97 economies covering above two decades preceding the FinTech surge we uncover a non-monotonic relationship. More finance reduces income inequality up to a certain point, beyond which inequality rises if finance expands via market-based financing, while it does not when finance grows via bank lending. The finance-inequality relationship is not structurally affected by the occurrence of crises, while it is reinforced in countries featuring a higher degree of financial openness. Financial deepening always reduces inequality when it takes the form of improved financial access.
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hal-04126139 , version 1 (13-06-2023)

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Michael Brei, Giovanni Ferri, Leonardo Gambacorta. Financial structure and income inequality. Journal of International Money and Finance, 2023, 131, pp.102807. ⟨10.1016/j.jimonfin.2023.102807⟩. ⟨hal-04126139⟩
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