Title
Has globalisation increased inequality?
Date of this Version
8-1-2008
Document Type
Journal Article
Abstract
There is no shortage of theories which purport to explain why globalisation may have, adverse, insignificant or even beneficial effects on income and earnings inequality. Surprisingly, the empirical realitites remain an almost complete mystery. In this paper we use data on industrial wage inequality, household income inequality as well as measures of the economic, social and political dimensions of globalisation to examine this controversial issue. Overall, while we find that globalisation has exacerbated inequality; this is particularly true in the case of income inequality in OECD countries.
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Publication Details
Dreher, A. and Gaston, N. (2008) Has globalisation increased inequality? Review of International Economics. Vol. 16, No. 3, pp 516-536.
2008 HERDC Submission.
FoR Code: 1402.
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Copyright © Wiley Blackwell, 2008.
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