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How Can Globalization Affect Income Distribution? Evidence from Developing Countries

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  • Hajer Kratou

    (CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - UdA - Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Mohamed Goaied

    (LEFA - Laboratoire d'économie et de finance appliquée - UCAR - Université de Carthage (Tunisie))

Abstract

The standard Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson framework claimed that foreign trade benefits developing countries, but many empirical studies suggest otherwise. After analyzing data on income deciles from the World Income Distribution Database for 66 developing countries, we found that trade openness benefits underprivileged people in affluent countries but not in developing countries. Also, external financial flows and democracy in conjunction do not exert significant effects, suggesting that these variables might affect income distribution through different channels. Finally, we reinforce the Kuznets inverted-U hypothesis; namely, the presence of an economic development threshold beyond which low-income deciles would increase.

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  • Hajer Kratou & Mohamed Goaied, 2016. "How Can Globalization Affect Income Distribution? Evidence from Developing Countries," Post-Print halshs-01413345, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01413345
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    Cited by:

    1. Mohammad Sohail Yunis & Laila Durrani & Amad Khan, 2017. "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Pakistan: A Critique of the Literature and Future Research Agenda," Business & Economic Review, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan, vol. 9(1), pages 65-88, March.
    2. Huang, Kaixing & Yan, Wenshou & Sim, Nicholas & Guo, Yuqing & Xie, Fang, 2022. "Can trade explain the rising trends in income inequality? Insights from 40 years of empirical studies," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    3. Bahamonde, Hector & Trasberg, Mart, 2021. "Inclusive institutions, unequal outcomes: Democracy, state capacity, and income inequality," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    4. Onur Özdemir, 2020. "The handicap for enhanced solidarity across advanced economies: The greater the economic openness higher the unequal distribution of income," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 91(4), pages 585-632, December.

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