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Does wealth inequality reduce the gains from trade?

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  • Mauro Caselli

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Panel data on 54 developing countries between 1960 and 2000 are used to investigate how the impact of opening to trade on economic growth is affected by wealth inequality.� The results suggest (a) that opening to trade tends to accelerate growth but (b) that the addition to growth depends inversely on the level of wealth inequality prior to opening.� These findings confirm the general importance for rapid growth in developing countries of reducing inequality of opportunity.

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Paper provided by University of Oxford, Department of Economics in its series Economics Series Working Papers with number WPS/2008-30.

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Keywords: Growth; Inequality; Openness; Trade; Developing Countries;

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