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The purpose of this paper is to examine the government spending and income inequality nexus in the context of structural transformation using an international panel data set covering 51 countries over the period 1990 to 2018 and an analytical framework that draws on Kuznets (1955). The system GMM estimates show that an expansion of government expenditure first generates rising income inequality but falling at the later stage, suggesting an inverted U-shaped relationship. Compared to developed nations, this inequality-reducing effect of government expenditure is more pronounced in developing countries. In addition, the relationship also varies by specific types of government expenditure and sample composition. 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