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Labor Markets in Regional Trade Agreements: What Do We Know?
de Melo, Jaime; Regolo, Julie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Globalization has failed to relax barriers to the movement of labor, especially unskilled workers. So have North-South Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs), while South-South RTAs have failed to implement good intentions. A literature review of the labor effects of RTAs underscores context...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083523
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Linking Competition and Trade Policies in Central and East European Countries
Hoekman, Bernard; Mavroidis, Petros C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
This paper explores options for governments of Central and East European countries to increase the sensitivity of competition law enforcement to trade and investment policy, thereby supporting a liberal trade policy stance. The competition laws of these countries tend to resemble European Union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661797
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Wage growth and inequality change during rapid economic transition
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2006
East Germany for men aged 20-60 rose by 118%, while various inequality measures indicate an increase in wage inequality of … 25 to 61%. This paper studies the causes of this growth in wages and the changes in wage inequality, the first two … growth and inequality change in East Germany. Most of the increases occur at the beginning of the transition. We compare our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266345
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Social mobility in Latin America: A review of existing evidence
Azevedo, Viviane; Bouillon, César P. - 2009
This paper reviews evidence on social mobility in Latin America. Several studies have used data sets that collect intergenerational socio economic information. The data, though limited, suggest that social mobility is low in the region, even when compared with low social mobility developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278279
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Trade and growth in an unequal global economy
Kohler, Andreas - 2012
inequality across countries. We find that if inequality across countries is low, the extensive margin of trade between countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316861
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Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledge-intensive activities and depends positively on intellectual property, a social planner which cares about income distribution may in principle want to use a reduction in Intellectual Property Rights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791837
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The Macroeconomics of Model T
Foellmi, Reto; Wuergler, Tobias; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
strong incentives for product innovations (new luxuries). We show that the inequality-growth relationship depends on which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502580
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Capital Redistribution and the Market Allocation of Firm-Ownership
Grüner, Hans Peter; Schils, Ruediger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
may in-duce dramatic changes in political outcomes and greater inequality pronounces the interest-rate effect and may lead …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123568
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Is Inequality Harmful for Growth? Theory and Evidence
Persson, Torsten; Tabellini, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991
Is inequality harmful for growth? We suggest that it is. In a society where distributional conflict is important … negative relation between inequality and growth. After a comprehensive sensitivity analysis, we conclude that our findings are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124104
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Robin Hood's Compromise: Land Reforms, Inequality, Redistribution and Moral Hazard
Bandiera, Oriana; Levy, Gilat - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper analyses an unusually conservative type of redistribution. We take land from the very rich, as usual, but give it to the rich instead of the poor. We show that this type of reform reduces agency costs, thus increasing productivity, total surplus in the economy, and workers’ welfare....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124299