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Review of the Recent Trends in Development Economics Research : With Experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - 2008
recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773083
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The Social Impact of Globalization in the Developing Countries
Lee, Eddy; Vivarelli, Marco - 2021
In this paper an ex-post measurable definition of globalization has been used, namely increasing trade openness and FDI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318038
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Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa During the COVID-19 Crisis
Contreras-Gonzalez, Ivette; Oseni, Gbemisola; … - 2022
We use high frequency phone survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda to analyze the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on work (including wage employment, self-employment, and farm work) and income, as well as heterogeneity by gender, family composition, education, age, pre-COVID-19...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081271
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Distributional Consequences of Capital Accumulation, Globalisation and Financialisation in the US
Karanassou, Marika - 2013
In this paper we examine the dynamic contributions of capital accumulation, globalisation, and financialisation to the functional-personal income distribution nexus. We analyse the labour share under the prism of monopoly and frictional growth, and disclose the dramatic upward trend in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085470
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Globalization and Income Inequality
Meschi, Elena F. - 2007
This paper discusses the distributive consequences of trade flows in developing countries (DCs). On the theoretical side, we argue that the interplays between international openness and technology adoption may constitute an important mechanism leading to a possible increase of income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776137
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Global Earnings Inequality, 1970–2015
Hammar, Olle - 2017
We estimate trends in global earnings dispersion across occupational groups using a new database covering 66 developed and developing countries between 1970 and 2015. Our main finding is that global earnings inequality has declined, primarily during the 2000s, when the global Gini coefficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956018
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Geography of Skills and Global Inequality
Burzyński, Michał - 2018
This paper analyzes the factors underlying the evolution of the worldwide distribution of skills and their implications for global inequality. We develop and parameterize a two-sector, two-class, world economy model that endogenizes education and mobility decisions, population growth, and income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910758
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Globalisation, Inequality and Poverty Relationships : A Cross Country Evidence
Neutel, Marcel - 2014
In this research, the relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality is determined. A whole new globalisation index has been constructed based on data covering a large sample of 65 developing countries. The index is based on the globalisation index proposed by A.T....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012752139
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The Global Inequality Boomerang
Kanbur, Ravi; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo; Sumner, Andy - 2022
In this paper we argue that the decline in global inequality over the last decades has spurred a 'sunshine' narrative of falling global inequality that has been rather oversold, in the sense, we argue, it is likely to be temporary. We argue the decline in global inequality will reverse due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083786
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Globalization and Inequality in Latin America
Dix-Carneiro, Rafael; Kovak, Brian - 2023
We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on … dimensions of inequality, and developing new methodologies to capture the many facets of globalization's relationship to … that focus on distinct aspects of globalization's relationship to inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014343853