scholarly journals The Global Economy and Changes in the Determinants of Cross-National Income Inequality

Author(s):  
Theresa M. Morris
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco H. G. Ferreira ◽  
Nora Lustig ◽  
Daniel Teles

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco H. G. Ferreira ◽  
Nora Lustig ◽  
Daniel Teles

2002 ◽  
pp. 30-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Beer ◽  
Terry Boswell

The contemporary era is one of both accelerated economic globalization and rising inequality. There is an increasing awareness among both academic scholars and development professionals that globalization puts certain populations at risk. However, there has been inadequate theoretical analysis and a lack of up to date empirical studies that explain just how contemporary globalization a?ects inequality and the well being of individuals. This study explores the conditions under which TNC penetration and other globalization processes in?uence change in domestic income distribution. Its aim is to investigate whether theoretical models that have proven successful in explaining di?erences in income inequality cross-sectionally also allow for an understanding of the dynamics of income distribution during the 1980s and early 1990s, an era characterized by a dramatic acceleration of globalization. We present an analysis of change in national income distribution using linear regression models with a panel design. This study suggests that dependence on foreign investment as a development strategy, especially compared to domestic and human capital investment, may be misguided for nations concerned with equality. Net of other factors, foreign investment dependence bene?ts the elite segments of the income-earning population over the poorer eighty percent. Our analysis provides evidence of a shift in capital/labor relations brought about by globalization that has signi? cantly contributed to the rise in income inequality seen throughout the world.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-124
Author(s):  
Ahmad Lashkaripour

Export price levels exhibit tremendous cross-national and spatial variation, even within narrowly defined industries. Standard theories attribute this variation to within-industry quality specialization. This paper argues that a significant portion of the export price variation is driven by rich and remote economies specializing in high-market power segments of industries. I also argue that this particular pattern of specialization (i) accounts for 30 percent of the overall gains from trade, and (ii) explains more than 37 percent of the observed cross-national income inequality. (JEL D43, F12, F13, F14, L15, L22, O19)


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco H. G. Ferreira ◽  
Nora Claudia Lustig ◽  
Daniel Teles

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