The impact of liberalisation and globalisation on income inequality in developing and transitional economies

Giovanni Andrea Cornia

This paper reviews changes in global, between-country and within-country inequality over 1980-2000 against the background of the shifts that occurred in this area during the globalisation of 1870-1914. The paper finds that recent changes in global and between-country inequality are not marked and depend in part on the conventions adopted for their measurement. In contrast, within-country inequality appears to have risen clearly in two thirds of the 73 countries analyzed mainly because of the policy drive towards domestic deregulation and external liberalisation. The paper concludes by analysing the differences between the inequality changes observed during 1980-2000 and 1870-1914.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Cornia, Giovanni Andrea
Publisher:	Munich : Univ., Center for Economic Studies [u.a.]
Subject:	Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Deregulierung \| Deregulation \| Handelsliberalisierung \| Trade liberalization \| Globalisierung \| Globalization \| Handelsgeschichte \| History of trade \| Welt \| World \| 1980-2000 \| 1870-1914

Extent:	32 S
Series:	CESifo working papers : the international platform of Ludwig-Maximilians University's Center for Economic Studies and the Ifo Institute. - Munich : CESifo, ISSN 1617-9595, ZDB-ID 2023380-2. - Vol. 843
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Literaturverz. S. 29 - 32 Internetausg.: http://www.cesifo.de/pls/ifo_app/DocLinkCESifoDl?getDoc=cesifo_wp843.pdf
Classification:	D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; F02 - International Economic Order; Economic Integration and Globalization: General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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