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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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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
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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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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 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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Poverty and Survival
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010
A recent literature highlights the uncertainty concerning whether economic growth has any causal protective effect on health and survival. But equal rates of growth often deliver unequal rates of poverty reduction and absolute deprivation is more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135179
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Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements : A Theory of the Islamic Revival in Egypt
Binzel, Christine - 2013
This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt. Developing a behavioral model of religion, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085059
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Migration and Urban Poverty and Inequality in China
Park, Albert - 2014
Using data from recent surveys of migrants and local residents in 10 cities in 2005, this paper examines how migration influences measurements of urban poverty and inequality in China, and also compares how other indicators of well-being differ for migrants and local residents. Contrary to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069993
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A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth
Heshmati, Almas - 2014
A growing concern on widening income gap between the rich and the poor, the policy mismatch in tackling the relative poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient growth. Developed countries have experienced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054924