Since the late twentieth century there has been a growing interest in academic and political circles on inequality. In this paper, we develop a systematic analysis of the literature on this topic published in economic journals since the 1950s. This is done through an innovative approach that...

The construction of formal models that deal with space observed a huge increase since the late 1980s. As Fujita et al. (1999) stress, the field of regional economics experienced a revival with the emergence of new analytical tools such as the diffusion of imperfect competition models, networks...

Offshoring characterizes much of the globalization phenomenon of the last century. However, the rapid development of automation technologies, combined with the disruption of Global Value Chains experienced at the international level, have put pressure on multinational’s decisions regarding...

Over the last decades, the intensification of offshoring movements has generated important impacts on labour markets. The literature on this topic has, however, produced divergent results. We develop a meta-analysis of the empirical literature that estimates the effect of offshoring on...

The theme of the relationship between inequality and economic growth has gained considerable attention among economists over the last two decades. In this paper, we analyse the effect of inequality on growth, whose related literature has been producing inconclusive results. After an exhaustive...

Youth unemployment rates are significantly and consistently higher than total unemployment rates, hitting especially high values in a crisis context. The aim of this work is to assess the determinants of youth unemployment in developed countries, relying on a youth to total unemployment ratio....

In this work we intend to study how the quality of the institutional factor may influence the efficiency of redistribution policy specifically associated with human capital accumulation. We develop a conceptual discussion building on the importance of income redistribution for economic growth...