The Distribution of Gains from Globalization

By Valentin F. Lang, Marina Mendes Tavares

March 13, 2018

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Valentin F. Lang, and Marina Mendes Tavares. The Distribution of Gains from Globalization, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2018) accessed September 20, 2024

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Summary

We study economic globalization as a multidimensional process and investigate its effect on incomes. In a panel of 147 countries during 1970-2014, we apply a new instrumental variable, exploiting globalization’s geographically diffusive character, and find differential gains from globalization both across and within countries: Income gains are substantial for countries at early and medium stages of the globalization process, but the marginal returns diminish as globalization rises, eventually becoming insignificant. Within countries, these gains are concentrated at the top of national income distributions, resulting in rising inequality. We find that domestic policies can mitigate the adverse distributional effects of globalization.

Subject: Economic integration, Globalization, Income distribution, Income inequality, National accounts, Personal income

Keywords: Economic globalization, Effect of globalization, Global, Globalization, Globalization index, Globalization indicator, Globalization process, Globalization score, Globalization scores, Globalization's effect, Growth, Income distribution, Income growth, Income inequality, Income level, Inequality, National income, Personal income, WP

Publication Details

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66
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Working Paper No. 2018/054
Stock No:

WPIEA2018054
ISBN:

9781484347065
ISSN:

1018-5941

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