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, and especially on wage inequality, appears substantial.  The regressions show that trade liberalisation and changes in the …
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While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention, little is known about its … effect on the gender wage gap (GWG).  This study argues that there is a systematic difference in the GWG between exporting …
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The causes of the USA's exceptional economic performance are investigated by comparing American wages and prices with wages and prices in Great Britain, Egypt, and India.  Habakkuk's views on the causes of American industrial pre-eminence are reassessed.  While the USA had abundant natural...
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with income level, resulting in rising income inequality. …
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Do better trade logistics reduce trade costs, raising a country's exports?  Yes, but the magnitude of the effect depends on country size.  Applying a new gravity model to a comprehensive logistics index, we find that an average-sized country would raise exports by about 46% after a...
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paper is to analyze the nature of employment being created in the different sub-sectors of services, relative to the … industrial sector.  The nature of employment is defined to include educational requirements and quality, where the latter …' employers.  Second, service sub-sectors with low educational requirements have low overall quality of employment, and vice …
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and mining and not agricultural commodities.  A sustained increase in the price of renewables (wool ) reduces inequality … whereas the same for non-renewable resources (minerals) increases inequality.  We expect that the initial distribution of land …
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inequality whreas the same for non-renewable resources (minerals) increases inequality. We expect that the initial distribution …
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This paper develops an infinite-horizon, political agency model with a continuum of political districts, in which incumbent politicians can improve their re-election probability by attracting swing voters in key states through strategic trade protection. A unique equilibrium is shown to exist...
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This paper develops a framework for the analysis of how asymmetric information impacts on adverse selection and market efficiency.  We adopt Akerlof's (1970) unit-demand model extended to a setting with multidimensional public and private information.  Adverse selection and efficiency are...
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