Using World Bank data on institutional quality and the KOF Globalization Index, we examine over 100 countries from 1992 … to 2010 to analyze the relationship between economic and social globalization and six measures of institutional quality …. Theoretically, the incentives of elites to respond to globalization by improving institutions should differ between low-income and …

Tolerance – respecting those who are different – is arguably of particular importance in an era of globalization, where … different from oneself. We investigate whether globalization induces parents to want to instill tolerance in their children, the … main idea being that this would equip the latter for greater success in a more integrated world. We indeed find, using a …

concern since it causes irreversible damage and have implications later in life. Recent research suggests globalization is a … globalization effect on child health, in particular in low- and middle-income countries. One factor that could explain such … paper disentangles the relationship between globalization, democracy, and child health. Specifically the paper examines how …

Using data from 114 countries (1983–2007), we examine the relationship between globalization and World Bank absolute … poverty estimates. We find a significant negative correlation between globalization and poverty, robust to several econometric … for globalization we also show that results are robust to correction for potential endogeneity. We motivate and test the …

concern since it causes irreversible damage and have implications later in life. Recent research suggests globalization is a … globalization effect on child health, in particular in low- and middle-income countries. One factor that could explain such … paper disentangles the relationship between globalization, democracy, and child health. Specifically the paper examines how …

This paper analyzes the relation between three dimensions of globalization (economic, social and political) and life … find a very robust positive effect from economic globalization on life expectancy, even when controlling for income … to low income countries only. For political and social globalization we find no robust effects. …

This paper analyzes the relation between three dimensions of globalization (economic, social and political) and life … find a very robust positive effect from economic globalization on life expectancy, even when controlling for income … to low income countries only. For political and social globalization we find no robust effects. …

Using the newly developed KOF-index of globalization, as well as the economic freedom index from the Fraser institute …, we examine if globalization and economic liberalizations are linked to increases in income inequality within countries … reforms: Trade liberalizations, deregulation of product and labor markets and economic globalization. The Scandinavian welfare …