Published in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2025
Economic growth is optimally accompanied by a modest increase in inequality, even in the absence of policy distortions.
Recommended citation: Duong, K. (2025). "If inequality is an economic choice, what is the relationship between inequality and growth?" Structural Change and Economic Dynamics.
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Published in Plos one, 2024
Therefore, there is a need to reassess the roles of parental dependency and gender bias in intergenerational mobility, especially when parental dependency is currently underestimated, and gender bias is overemphasized.
Recommended citation: Duong K (2024) What really matters for global intergenerational mobility?. PLOS ONE 19(6): e0302173.
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Published in Journal of Computational Social Science, 2024
While meritocracy is a beacon of justice, it ironically undervalues hard work, the very architect of fairness, in favour of talent.
Recommended citation: Duong, K. (2023). "Duong, K. Is meritocracy just? New evidence from Boolean analysis and Machine learning. J Comput Soc Sc (2024).
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Published in Economic Change and Restructuring, 2022
Inequality is thus central not only to understanding the disproportionate impacts of climate change, but also its root causes.
Recommended citation: Duong, K., Flaherty, E. (2023). "Does growth reduce poverty? The mediating role of carbon emissions and income inequality." Econ Change Restruct. 56, 3309–3334
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