“…Despite this extensive literature on the effects of natural resources on economic indicators, the relationship between natural resources and income inequality remains under-documented. Moreover, there is yet no concensus among existing studies on the topic (Buccellato and Mickiewicz, 2009; Goderis and Malone, 2011; Carmignani, 2013; Parcero and Papyrakis, 2016; Anyanwu et al , 2016; Nademi, 2018; Kim and Lin, 2018; Farzanegan and Krieger, 2019; Hartwell et al , 2019; Kim et al , 2020; Fawaz and Frey, 2020; Alvarado et al , 2021; Anyanwu et al 2021; Hartwell et al , 2022). For authors such as Gylfason and Zoega (2002), Carmignani (2013); Buccellato and Mickiewicz (2009), Farzanegan and Krieger (2019), natural resources have a positive relationship with income inequality.…”