One of the most contentious issues of globalization is the effect of global economic integration on inequality and … developing world population living on less than $1 per day was cut in half since 1981. Trend #3: Global inequality (among … citizens of the world) has declined - modestly -- reversing a 200-year-old trend toward higher inequality. Trend #4: There is …

The authors investigate recent rends in poverty, and inequality in China, decomposing data on poverty reduction to see … lower poverty lines, and a worsening of the poverty gap index. Average per capita consumption declined for farmers … attributable to Asia's economic crisis. Economic growth contributed significantly to poverty reduction, but rising inequality …

liberalization on inequality are correlated with relative factor endowments. Trade liberalization is associated with increases in … inequality in countries well-endowed in highly skilled workers and capital or with workers that have very low education levels … inequality in countries that are well-endowed with primary-educated labor. Similar results are also apparent when decile data are …