‘It had been thought for a fairly long time that an increase in the national product corresponded to a general rise in income. But it does not necessarily have an impact on the lowest incomes.
Downward capillary action greatly depends on the initial structure of inequality. Countries with greater inequality therefore need a higher level of growth to have even a small effect on the lowest income deciles’. (Demery and Walton 2000)
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