Using World Bank data on institutional quality and the KOF Globalization Index, we examine over 100 countries from 1992 … to 2010 to analyze the relationship between economic and social globalization and six measures of institutional quality …. Theoretically, the incentives of elites to respond to globalization by improving institutions should differ between low-income and …

Using World Bank data on institutional quality and the KOF Globalization Index, we examine over 100 countries from 1992 … to 2010 to analyze the relationship between economic and social globalization and six measures of institutional quality …. Theoretically, the incentives of elites to respond to globalization by improving institutions should differ between low-income and …

Using the newly developed KOF-index of globalization, as well as the economic freedom index from the Fraser institute …, we examine if globalization and economic liberalizations are linked to increases in income inequality within countries … reforms: Trade liberalizations, deregulation of product and labor markets and economic globalization. The Scandinavian welfare …

This paper analyzes the relation between three dimensions of globalization (economic, social and political) and life … find a very robust positive effect from economic globalization on life expectancy, even when controlling for income … to low income countries only. For political and social globalization we find no robust effects. …

relationship between economic and social globalization and absolute income poverty ex post. We use the globalization index … using a "long run" first difference regression, we find a robust negative correlation between globalization and poverty. We … policies) and social globalization (information flows, personal contact and cultural proximity) respectively, controlling for …

This note describes how research on the link between globalization and openness has changed over time. Early …

This paper examines whether social spending cushions the effect of globalization on within-country inequality. Using … globalization and inequality. The results confirm that economic globalization - especially economic flows - associates with higher … globalization and inequality. …