%0 Journal Article %T Structural Change and Inequality %A Camilo Andr¨¦s Mesa Salamanca %A Hernando Zuleta Gonzalez %J Theoretical Economics Letters %P 391-403 %@ 2162-2086 %D 2021 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/tel.2021.113026 %X We build a theoretical model of demand-driven structural change where individuals have different endowments of productive factors. These differences in endowments generate income inequality. The main result is that for economies with a low factor endowment (poor economies), an increase in inequality can accelerate structural change. %K Structural Change %K Income Distribution %K Economic Growth %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=108970