This paper concerns public input provision as an instrument for redistribution under international outsourcing by using a model-economy comprising two countries, North and South, where firms in the North may outsource part of their low-skilled labor intensive production to the South. We consider...

In an overlapping generations model with two social classes, rich and poor, parents of the different social classes vote on two issues: redistributive policies for them and education investment for their children. Public education is the engine for growth through its effect on human capital; but...

Many developing countries have experienced growing income inequality and an increase in the relative demand for skilled workers during the 1980s. The sources of this trend remain a puzzle. The paper examines whether investment and adoption of skill-biased technology have contributed to...