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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970187503321

Autore

Papageorgiou Chris

Titolo

Rising Income Inequality : : Technology, or Trade and Financial Globalization? / / Chris Papageorgiou, Subir Lall, Florence Jaumotte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

9786612841361

9781462379002

1462379001

9781451870435

1451870434

9781451989304

145198930X

9781282841369

128284136X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (38 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/185

Altri autori (Persone)

JaumotteFlorence

LallSubir

Disciplina

303.482

Soggetti

Globalization - Econometric models

Technological innovations - Econometric models

International trade - Econometric models

International finance - Econometric models

Income distribution - Econometric models

Aggregate Factor Income Distribution

Exports and Imports

Finance

Foreign direct investment

Globalization

Globalization: General

Income distribution

Income inequality

Income

International Investment

Investments, Foreign

Long-term Capital Movements

Macroeconomics

Personal income

Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions



Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. A Look at Cross-Country Trends -- A. Income Inequality -- B. Trade Openness, Financial Openness and Technological Progress -- III. Empirical Analysis -- A. Specification -- B. Results -- C. Robustness -- IV. Discussion -- V. Conclusion -- Appendix I. Variable Definitions and Data Sources -- Appendix II. Income Country Groups and Estimation Sample -- References -- Tables -- 1. Income Inequality Panel Regressions -- 2. Quintile Income Shares Regressions -- 3. Income Inequality Panel Regressions (Regional Heterogeneity). -- Figures -- 1. Income Inequality Within Income Country Groups and Selected Countries -- 2. Income Shares Within Income Country Groups -- 3. Income by Quintile in Selected Regions -- 4. Trade Liberalization Within Income Country Groups. -- 5. Financial Liberalization Within Income Country Groups -- 6. Technological Development Within Income Country Groups -- 7. Decomposition of the Change in Income Inequality.

Sommario/riassunto

We examine the relationship between trade and financial globalization and the rise in inequality in most countries in recent decades. We find technological progress as having a greater impact than globalization on inequality. The limited overall impact of globalization reflects two offsetting tendencies: whereas trade globalization is associated with a reduction in inequality, financial globalization-and foreign direct investment in particular-is associated with an increase. A key finding is that both globalization and technological changes increase the returns on human capital, underscoring the importance of education and training in both developed and developing countries in addressing rising inequality.