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Globalization and inequality /

Helpman summarizes two decades of research about the connections among international trade, offshoring, immigration, and changes in net income. The overwhelming conclusion is that globalization has created a small rise in inequality. Other factors must be responsible for most of the rise; evidence s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Helpman, Elhanan
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Harvard, 2018
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Table of Contents:
  • Historical background
  • I. The traditional approach: The rise of the college wage premium
  • Early studies
  • Trade versus technology
  • Offshoring
  • II. Broadening the canvas: Matching workers with jobs
  • Regional disparity
  • Firm characteristics
  • Technology choice
  • Residual inequality.