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Name: Joerg Baten
Email: joerg.baten at uni-tuebingen.de
Institution: University of Tuebingen
Co-author: Uwe Fraunholz, University of Technology Dresden
Title: Did Partial Globalization Increase Inequality? The Case of the Latin American Periphery, 1950-2000
Internet Address of abstracted work:
http://www.cesifo.de/servlet/page?_pageid=56&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&pa_id=129541
By mail:
Univ. Tuebingen, Dept. Econmics, Mohlstr. 36 72074 Tuebingen, Germany
Language: English
Abstract:
Inequality is an important threat to the globalization of the world economy
that we experience today. This contribution uses the coefficient of height
variation as a measure of inequality. This indicator covers not only wage
recipients, but also the selfemployed, the unemployed, housewives,
children, and other groups who may not participate in a market economy, for
the period 1950-79, for which income inequality data is mostly unavailable
or inconsistent. It turns out that within-country inequality is higher in
time periods of greater openness. This result is confirmed for the time
period 1950-2000, and a much broader model. This study employs a technique
that was originally developed in economic history, but has been
"transported" into current development economics research.
Bibliography: Baten, Joerg and Uwe Fraunholz. "Did Partial Globalization Increase Inequality? The Case of the Latin American Periphery, 1950-2000." CESifo Economics Studies, Vol. 50, 1/2004, 45-84.
Subject: Q
Geographical Area: 5
Country/Region: Seven Latin American Countries
Time Period: 9
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