We discuss recent empirical research on how globalization has affected income inequality in developing countries. We … begin with a discussion of conceptual issues regarding the measurement of globalization and inequality. Next, we present … empirical evidence on the evolution of globalization and inequality in several developing countries during the 1980s and 1990s …

, globalization has been good for growth in poor countries at least by diminishing price volatility. But comparative advantage has … never been constant. Globalization increased poor country specialization in commodities when the world went open after the …

Proponents of globalization often conclude that its critics are ignorant or self-motivated. In doing so, they have … missed a valuable opportunity to discover both how best to communicate the benefits of globalization, and how to improve on … the current model of globalization. This paper examines the values, beliefs and facts that lead critics to the view that …

's decade of globalization in the 1990's. I focus the analysis on men born in states with either high-exposure or low …-exposure to globalization, as measured by the share of foreign direct investment, imports, or export assembly in state GDP …

globalization? Why was industrialization so weak? Why was inequality on the rise? This paper offers an answer to these questions. It … massive de-globalization during the decades of lost growth' between the 1820s and the 1870s. Next, it documents what happened … World War I, while it fell thereafter. The correlation between globalization and inequality is likely to have been causal …

increases income inequality, and in which redistribution needs to occur via a distortionary income tax-transfer system. We … redistribution). We propose two adjustments to standard measures of the welfare gains from trade: a 'welfarist' correction inspired … by the Atkinson (1970) index of inequality, and a 'costly-redistribution' correction capturing the efficiency costs …

general results are then used to generate new insights about the consequences of globalization …