This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition, especially from EMEs like China, spurring trade tensions and...

International migration is an important channel of material improvement for individuals and their offspring. The movement of people across country borders, especially from less developed to richer countries, has a substantial impact in several dimensions. First, it affects the migrants...

Cover -- Contents -- Abstract -- I. Introduction -- II. Review of the Literature -- III. Income Shares or the Distribution of Income? A Look at Household Data -- IV. Labor Share and Inequality in a Macro Framework -- V. Conclusion -- Figures -- 1. Income Inequality and Wage Share in Group of...

Do structural reforms that aim to boost potential output also change the distribution of income? We shed light on this question by looking at the broad patterns in the cross-country data covering advanced, emerging-market, and low-income countries. Our main finding is that there is indeed...