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The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation
Heshmati, Almas - 2004
This paper introduces two composite indices of globalisation. The first is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy magazine … globalisation has developed over time for different countries. The indices are composed of four components: economic integration … share similar patterns in distribution of various components. The indices were also used in a regression analysis to study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262026
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Growth, Inequality and Poverty Relationships
Heshmati, Almas - 2004
This paper examines the causal relationship between inequality and a number of macroeconomic variables frequently found in the inequality and growth literature. These include growth, openness, wages, and liberalisation. We review the existing cross-country empirical evidence on the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262079
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Globalisation, inequality and poverty relationships: a cross country evidence
Neutel, Marcel; Heshmati, Almas - 2006
globalisation index proposed by A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy Magazine. The index is composed of four sub-indices, namely: economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267867
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The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper introduces two composite indices of globalisation. The first is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy magazine … globalisation has developed over time for different countries. The indices are composed of four components: economic integration … share similar patterns in distribution of various components. The indices were also used in a regression analysis to study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566428
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Globalisation, Inequality and Poverty Relationships: A Cross Country Evidence
Neutel, Marcel; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
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. Kearney...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566460
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Growth, Inequality and Poverty Relationships
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper examines the causal relationship between inequality and a number of macroeconomic variables frequently found in the inequality and growth literature. These include growth, openness, wages, and liberalisation. We review the existing cross-country empirical evidence on the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761854
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Migration, trade and income
Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2013
institutions and early development. Our instrumental-variables estimates provide evidence of a robust, positive effect of openness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293104
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Does It Matter Where You Came From? Ancestry Composition and Economic Performance of U.S. Counties, 1850-2010
Fulford, Scott L.; Petkov, Ivan; Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2015
-of-origin composition of a county matters. Moreover, the culture, institutions, and human capital that the immigrant groups brought with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288193
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How Immigration Grease Is Affected by Economic, Institutional and Policy Contexts: Evidence from EU Labor Markets
Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; Kureková, Lucia Mýtna - 2015
Theoretical arguments and previous country-level evidence indicate that immigrants are more fluid than natives in responding to changing labor shortages across countries, skill-groups or industries. The diversity across EU member states enables us to test this hypothesis across various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307320
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Culture and Institutions
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - 2015
institutions. We review work with a theoretical, empirical, and historical bent to assess the presence of a two-way causal effect … between culture and institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307460