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development for inequality in the global economy. If there are many small firms, better access to external funds reduces wage … inequality and unemployment. In contrast, if there are many high-productive firms (those that export), financial development may … have opposite effects - especially if trade costs are low. In sum, the implications of financial development for inequality …
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development for inequality in the global economy. If there are many small firms, better access to external funds reduces wage … inequality and unemployment. In contrast, if there are many highproductive firms (those that export), financial development may … have opposite effects - especially if trade costs are low. In sum, the implications of financial development for inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434439
This paper focuses on how gender segmentation in labor markets shapes the local effects of international trade. We first develop a theoretical framework that embeds trade and gender-segmented labor markets to show that foreign demand shocks may either increase or decrease the female-to-male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013500673
The aim of this paper is to take a structured approach at estimating the coefficients of factors explaining movements of the labour share across countries. In particular, we focus on proper dynamic specification and test the validity of the homogeneity assumption of slope coefficients frequently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300382
Recent evidence on functional income distribution suggests that the shares of capital and labour in national income vary considerably both over time and across countries. Specifically, there seems to be a general reduction in the labour share around the world, in particular from the mid-1980s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283932
The aim of this paper is to take a structured approach at estimating the coefficients of factors explaining movements of the labour share across countries. In particular, we focus on proper dynamic specification and test the validity of the homogeneity assumption of slope coefficients frequently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961521
Recent evidence on functional income distribution suggests that the shares of capital and labour in national income vary considerably both over time and across countries. Specifically, there seems to be a general reduction in the labour share around the world, in particular from the mid-1980s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548636
market outcomes (transmission channels) and to test how these translate into a greater (or smaller) income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354569
Recent evidence on functional income distribution suggests that the shares of capital and labour in national income vary considerably both over time and across countries. Specifically, there seems to be a general reduction in the labour share around the world, in particular from the mid-1980s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104675
Countries subject to the same degree of exposure to globalization may experience very different levels of economic insecurity depending on social support or employment protections provided by the state or even due to insurance obtained by households. We identify five varieties of industrialized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141331